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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • GoDigital Media Group
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • GoDigital Media Group
  • 1 h 36 m
Zero Bridge

Summary Zero Bridge is the story of Dilawar, a rebellious seventeen-year-old Kashmiri boy who lives on the outskirts of Srinagar City with his strict uncle Ali, a mason who took in Dilawar after he was abandoned by his adoptive mother. To help make ends meet, Dilawar recently abandoned school to apprentice in his uncle’s mason crew. Dilawar hate...

Directed By: Tariq Tapa

Written By: Tariq Tapa

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • GoDigital Media Group
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • GoDigital Media Group
  • 1 h 36 m

Zero Bridge

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Zero Bridge is the story of Dilawar, a rebellious seventeen-year-old Kashmiri boy who lives on the outskirts of Srinagar City with his strict uncle Ali, a mason who took in Dilawar after he was abandoned by his adoptive mother. To help make ends meet, Dilawar recently abandoned school to apprentice in his uncle’s mason crew. Dilawar hate...

Directed By: Tariq Tapa

Written By: Tariq Tapa

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
58
25% Positive
2 Reviews
75% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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25% Positive
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75% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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83
Feb 18, 2011
Political only by implication, Zero Bridge works in a larger sense as a story of universal longing.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
65
Feb 18, 2011
This is the story of two young people whose aspirations are of absolutely no interest to their elders. Zero Bridge is a fitting found title for the movie, but Tapa could also have called it No Exit.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 18, 2011
Having spent multiple summers in Kashmir as a child, he (Tapa) knows what the average Kashmiri wants and the difficulties they encounter trying to get it. It's what makes Zero Bridge a winning example of modesty in front of the camera and intelligence behind it.
By Mark Keizer FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 15, 2011
Writer-director Tariq Tapa-who shot much of this vérité-style film by himself-does a beautiful job attuning us to Dilawar's drifting routine, but what's especially striking is how he gives equal weight to the supporting characters.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 15, 2011
Tapa's poetic neorealism is less a stylistic intrusion than a keeping of faith, through the film's deliberately uneven pacing, with a life devoid of rhythms to count on.
By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW
58
Feb 17, 2011
Zero Bridge is a rigorous piece of filmmaking, but it's played at too minor a key, honoring the neo-realist tradition so slavishly that it lacks an identity of its own.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 15, 2011
Handicapped by Mr. Tapa's sometimes sketchy screenplay and the limitations of his nonprofessional cast. (His clumsy staging of their dialogue scenes doesn't help.)
By Mike Hale FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Joyless Films, Artists Public Domain
Release Date Feb 16, 2011
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline In occupied Kashmir, where every day is another lesson in survival, a teenage petty criminal's last chance at escape is threatened when he faces a moral crisis over his last victim.
Website http://www.zerobridgefilm.com/
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Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations
Marrakech International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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