In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.
Awards
- Grand Prix at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
- Best Film at the 2025 Asian Film Awards
- Jury Grand Prize at the 2024 Asia Pacific Screen Awards
- Best Director at the 2024 National Society of Film Critics Awards (USA)
- Best International Feature at the 2024 Gotham Independent Film Awards
Director’s Biography
Payal Kapadia is a Mumbai based filmmaker. She studied Film Direction at the Film & Television Institute of India. Her short films “Afternoon Clouds” and ”And What Is The Summer Saying” premiered respectively at the Cinéfondation and the Berlinale. Her first feature film ”A Night of Knowing Nothing” premiered at 2021 Director’s Fortnight, where it won the Golden Eye for best documentary.
Credits
Director: Payal Kapadia
Screenwriter: Payal Kapadia
DOP: Ranabir Das
Editor: Clément Pinteaux
Costume Design: Maxima Basu
Sound: Benjamin Silvestre, Romain Ozanne, Olivier Voisin
Music: Dhritiman Das
Production: petit chaos
Coproduction: Chalk and Cheese, Arte France Cinéma, Baldr Film, Another Birth, Les Films Fauves, Pulpa Film
World sales: Luxbox
Cast: Kani Kusruti (Prabha), Divya Prabha (Anu), Chhaya Kadam (Parvaty), Hridhu Haroon (Shiaz)
