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INDIA , France | 99 minutes | 2018

In Mumbai, Ratna is a maid in the household of Ashwin, heir to a family fortune. Despite his perfect-seeming life, he is increasingly lost, while she, who has nothing, is proudly guided by her hopes and dreams. Living under the same roof brings these two people from diametrically opposed worlds closer together. Indian director Rohena Gera’s first feature is a well-handled, sensitive and subtle observation of class relations in a world full of constraints and contradictions. A heartwarming story of love and emancipation.

Critics' Week - Cannes

Programs

Monday October 8, 2018

Program #108
13:00
Cinéma du Parc 1
  • “in this thoughtful study of class and the way it can both restrain and empower, writer-director Rohena Gera has crafted an intelligent romance within the confines of upper-crust Indian society (...) a warmly nuanced look at love in a place filled with constraints and contradictions -”
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
  • “in this thoughtful study of class and the way it can both restrain and empower, writer-director Rohena Gera has crafted an intelligent romance within the confines of upper-crust Indian society (...) a warmly nuanced look at love in a place filled with constraints and contradictions -”
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
  • “in this thoughtful study of class and the way it can both restrain and empower, writer-director Rohena Gera has crafted an intelligent romance within the confines of upper-crust Indian society (...) a warmly nuanced look at love in a place filled with constraints and contradictions -”
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter

Rohena Gera

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  • Screenplay Rohena Gera
  • Cast Vivek Gomber, Tillotama Shome, Divya Seth

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