Virgin Goat

  • 87'
  • India
  • 2010
One is enough - just one little lamb - and Kalyan Singh will be satisfied. It’s his greatest desire that his beloved goat Laila should be a mother. But, as the title of the film already suggests, this goat does not feel like intercourse. Her owner drags her to all kinds of miracle doctors, but he still doesn’t have any success.
Then, on that one day when the village is expecting a very important guest, Laila turns out to be on heat. Singh has to find a partner for her today of all days, despite all the police officers and traffic cops in the way. The journey turns into a surrealist tragedy in which Murali Nair beautiful portrays Singh’s blinding obsession for his goat.
Nair, an experienced chronicler of Indian countryside life, has not only made an unusual love story with Virgin Goat - about the love between a man and his goat - but also a parable about the intransigence of the Indian middle classes and people’s inability to adapt to a changing world.

  • 87'
  • India
  • 2010
Director
Murali Nair
Premiere
European premiere
Country of production
India
Year
2010
Festival Edition
IFFR 2011
Length
87'
Medium
Betacam Digi PAL
Original title
Laadli Laila
Language
Hindi
Producers
Murali Nair, Philippe Avril
Production Companies
Maya Films, Unlimited
Sales
Unlimited
Screenplay
Jonathan Page, Murali Nair
Cinematography
Sandeep Patil
Editor
Emiliano Battista
Production Design
Preeya Nair
Sound Design
Madhu Apsara
Music
Fardin Khalatbari
Cast
Archana Phadke
Local Distributor
Hubert Bals Fund
Website
http://www.flyingelephant.co.uk/virgingoat/index.html
Director
Murali Nair
Premiere
European premiere
Country of production
India
Year
2010
Festival Edition
IFFR 2011
Length
87'
Medium
Betacam Digi PAL
Original title
Laadli Laila
Language
Hindi
Producers
Murali Nair, Philippe Avril
Production Companies
Maya Films, Unlimited
Sales
Unlimited
Screenplay
Jonathan Page, Murali Nair
Cinematography
Sandeep Patil
Editor
Emiliano Battista
Production Design
Preeya Nair
Sound Design
Madhu Apsara
Music
Fardin Khalatbari
Cast
Archana Phadke
Local Distributor
Hubert Bals Fund
Website
http://www.flyingelephant.co.uk/virgingoat/index.html