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A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021)

99 min · Documentation

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Directors

Payal Kapadia

A film student writes to the lover who left her after his parents opposed their inter-caste relationship, while reality and fantasy mingle around them.

The story

L, a student at the Film and Television Institute of India, writes letters to her lover after he leaves her. His parents forbade him from having a relationship with a woman from another caste and asked him to leave school. Through L’s letters, reality and fantasy mingle as the film observes the radical changes taking place around her.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

L, a student at the Film and Television Institute of India, writes letters to her lover, who has left her because his parents forbade him from having a relationship with a woman from another caste and asked him to leave school. Through the letters, which mingle reality and fantasy, we observe the radical changes taking place around L.

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Documentation

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