THE RITUAL

Official screening

  • tuesday, 3 september 2024
Sala Corinto
14:45
Ghatashraddha
by Girish Kasaravalli

(1977, India, 108')

Restoration The Film Foundation World Cinema, Film Heritage Foundation

A masterpiece of Indian cinema, directed by Girish Kasaravalli, explores the themes of tradition and ostracism in a rural Indian society. Based on a novel by the writer Ananthamurthy, the film offers a realistic portrait of rural life and subtly criticizes the hypocrisy of a patriarchal society still too tied to traditions, to the point of losing contact with reality. Thanks to Kasaravalli, a modern artistic sensitivity begins to emerge in southern India that is similar to the Italian political cinema of the 1970s.

by Bianca Vasti

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