Mira Kamdar: Parsis in Paris: Little Zizou in the Land of Zidane

It's not often one finds photographs of Parsis on display in the heart of Paris. But that is just what strollers along the Seine can find this fall. The photographs, by Sooni Taraporevala , are part of the Quai Branly museum's biannual exhibition Photoquai . It is free and open to the public 24/7 through November 22. Best known as a talented screen writer who has worked closely with film maker Mira Nair on such movies as Salaam Bombay! and The Namesake , Taraporevala was in Paris last week for the exhibition and for a double screening of her newly released feature film Little Zizou . Like her photographs, Little Zizou is a loving portrait of the Parsi community to which Ms. Taraporevala belongs. But whereas the photographs are elegant, faintly nostalgic black-and-white compositions that speak as much about what the community has lost as about what it still holds on to, the film is a zany, colorful comedy propelled by the antics of a cast of outsized characters very much alive in the ... (link)