
James Ivory - 'Call Me by Your Name'
Awards Chatter
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The Evolution of Said Joffrey
Said Joffrey was an actor, an Indian actor who lived in New York and he was married to Madur Joffrey, the famous writer and actress. And because he had, he was the actor that I chose to narrate, to do the narration for, to read the narration for the Sword of the Flute, the Indian film. This was nominated for Best Live Action Short in 1961. So is it correct that he was basically in New York en route to Cannes with that film? Yes. The film had not won an Oscar, but he was en route. He was en way to Cannes with it where he was going to, it was part of the official selection.
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