A village bangle seller and his wife cannot conceive a child. The villagers gossip. In this community in South India, hidden desires and relationships find a way to exist. Will the husband’s secret ever come out? The narrative revolves around the secret relationships and desires of normal village-folk living in an agrarian and patriarchal society in the Mandya district of Karnataka, in Índia.
Winner of FIPRESCI prize from the Bright Future section at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Balekempa
2018
18 years
103 min.
Fiction
India
India, award-winning films, love relationship, regional culture
Colorido
Ere Gowda
Ere Gowda
Saumyananda Sahi
Saumyananda Sahi
Jnanesh, Bhagya Shree, Chandrashekar C.S, Nagaraju D.P
Vivek Gomber
Zoo Entertainment
Benedict Taylor, Naren Chandavarkar
Pascale Ramonda
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