A Night of Knowing Nothing

classified 18 (CTBA) PS
Film

Please note: This was screened in Nov 2024

Director
Payal Kapadia
Cast
Bhumisuta Das
Details
99 mins, Partially Subtitled, 2021, France, India
Primary language
Hindi, Bengali, English, French

This bold and distinctive feature debut from director Payal Kapadia explores the political climate of contemporary India.

Framed by fictional, unsent letters from a female student at the Film & Television Institute of India to her estranged lover, Kapadia's film combines a mixture of found footage, sketches and the director's own material to build an insightfulpicture of the fractious relationship between the nation's youth, its rigid caste structures and its far-right government.

This immersive and spiritual work - winner of the Golden Eye for Best Documentary at Cannes last year - makes for an electrifying feature debut.


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