Conquering Death | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee August 2, 2020

Conquering Death

By Arghya Basu with 6.2

drama · Short Films · bengali

The film is inspired by Ke Bache Ke Bache, a popular Bengali short story by Manik Bandopadhyay.

Two employees get in trouble with the management and lose their job. They had complained to the higher authorities about the ill-treatment of Subodh, their colleague at the hands of their manager, Gopal. Subodh belonged to a lower caste, and was left to die of starvation as a result of being unemployed, without any other means to earn a living.

The film depicts the conflicts of the two men who are gripped by existential dread on the constraints of mortality after witnessing a life lost from such close quarters.
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