Court (2014)
First screened in December 2019
Director: Chaitanya Tamhane. Cast: Vivek Gomber, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Vira Sathidar, Pradeep Joshi, Usha Bane, Shirish Pawar, Sukhdas Suryawanshi, Bipin Maniar, Panna Mehta, Jyoti Patel, Arpita Chate. Screenplay: Chaitanya Tamhane.

Twitter Capsule: Though scrupulously invested in judicial process, this quietly innovative epic keeps looping outward to wider rings of life.

VOR:   A structure I've never seen attempted, subtly reframing a genre that seems so familiar, with powerful political and philosophical effects.



Photo © 2014 Zoo Entertainment, © 2015 Kino Lorber/Zeitgeist Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A


Awards:
Venice Film Festival: Venice Horizons Award; Luigi De Laurentiis Award

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