Jayasundara, a protégé of the legendary Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, employs a distinct visual grammar. The film is steeped in a green, mossy hue, suggesting a world where nature is reclaiming the concrete. The cinematography is slow and observational, often fixing the camera on the grotesque and the beautiful in equal measure—ants crawling over a surface, the peeling paint of a wall, or the mist rolling over a highland.
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“Pretentious. A waste of Paoli Dam’s talent.” — Anandabazar Patrika “The most honest film about post-industrial Bengal. The 72 minutes feel like 72 years of suffocation.” — Silhouette Magazine Jayasundara, a protégé of the legendary Iranian filmmaker