11-09-2021, 12:07 AM
[watched on Kanopy]
An Indian Malayalam-language film about a remote village where one day a buffalo escapes its slaughter, creates havoc for all concerned, and in the increasingly frantic attempts to find and subdue it, the villagers grow ever more primitive and savage.
This is a very busy and chaotic film with lots going on. There's a young woman trying to escape an arranged marriage, philandering men, a notorious poacher, a sandalwood thief, police at odds with the locals, personal grudges and merchants tiring of customers buying on credit -- all sorts of conflicts that reach the boiling point as everyone closes in on the buffalo.
This is outstanding in capturing the feel of daily life in all its gritty vagaries in a remote village.
Recommended for, uh, me. Not certain who else would find it their cup of tea.
An Indian Malayalam-language film about a remote village where one day a buffalo escapes its slaughter, creates havoc for all concerned, and in the increasingly frantic attempts to find and subdue it, the villagers grow ever more primitive and savage.
This is a very busy and chaotic film with lots going on. There's a young woman trying to escape an arranged marriage, philandering men, a notorious poacher, a sandalwood thief, police at odds with the locals, personal grudges and merchants tiring of customers buying on credit -- all sorts of conflicts that reach the boiling point as everyone closes in on the buffalo.
This is outstanding in capturing the feel of daily life in all its gritty vagaries in a remote village.
Recommended for, uh, me. Not certain who else would find it their cup of tea.