Canadian Premiere
A romantic spark between a villager and a wounded Naxalite insurgent emboldens their solidarity and threatens their safety.
Sounak Kundu, Aratrick Bhadra, Adrija Majumdar
India
2024
In Bengali and Santali with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Tathagata Ghosh
Screenwriter
Buan G.
Cinematography
Tuhin Saha
Editor
Amir Mondal
Original Music
Nabarun Bose
Tathagata Ghosh
A Berlinale Talents alumnus, Tathagata has always believed in telling the stories of people who do not have a voice of their own. His short films If (2024), Miss Man (2019), Footprints (2023), The Scapegoat (2021), The Meat (2020), and The Demon (2018) have travelled to numerous prestigious international film festivals and won several awards.
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