Clutch of the Dissatisfied | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee August 24, 2023

Clutch of the Dissatisfied

By Souradip Ghosh with 6.5

thriller · Short Films · bengali

The film wants to engage with the overlap of the holy and the unholy, and the reckoning that arrives in the wake of such a union. The story is about a holy man who also works as a health professional. The film is located in the world of the pandemic when COVID-19 had our lives tightly in its grasp.

A reticent, quiet man during the day, the protagonist has a parallel reality he subscribes to in the shadows when no one is watching. Alongside this are headlines of desecration of dead bodies as the pandemic rages on. All of these elements are tied in a manner that exhibits potential. Storytelling and writing both show promise, even if a little impeded by the overall production value of the final result.
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