‘Chokher Bali’, A Passion Play set between 1902 and 1905 is a story of a beautiful, educated woman, Binodini, struggling to free herself from the oppression of widowhood.
Widowed within a year of marriage, she movers into Mahendrs’s house, the man who was once offered her hand in marriage and refused. There she meets Mahendra’s wife Ashalata and friend Behari, who is in and out of the house. Among these develops a forbidden attraction, a mesmerizing web of destiny and desire.
Special Features
Highly acclaimed in:56th Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland) 28th Toronto International Film Festival (Canada) 39th The Chicago International Film Festival (Illinois) 47th London Film Festival Palm Springs International Film Festival (California) 2004 Bangkok Intl' Film Festival Asian Women's Film Festival, London San Francisco Indian Film Festival Istanbul Film Festival Florence Film Festival
Subtitles
English, French, German, Portuguese, Japenese, Arabic, Chinese, Duch, Spanish
Duration
2 hours 18 minutes (approx)