The film explores the tension between two men, one who refuses all human bonding and the other, who is moved to compassion and an understanding beyond words. The film is adapted from Herman Melville’s classic story and it is situated in India during the 1970s when society was still steady and slow. With long takes and quite a slow rhythm, the director creates a heavy, Kafka esque atmosphere driven by the strange inner world of the characters.
Also in this combined programme
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Eternal Search
The film looks at a subject that is risqué in India – the feelings of love and lust between a prostitute and a young man. -
The Unconscious
The female director moved among the ‘Khoti’ (men who feel like women) and owns up to her own mental and emotional loves and pains. -
Palace of the Winds
Epic film mixes various cinematographic approaches in reflections about that Holy Box: the radio.
Film details
- Country of production
- India
- Year
- 2003
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2004
- Length
- 11'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
