The Ancient (Puratawn)

Synopsis
Rittika returns to her ancestral house with her husband Rajeev to celebrate her mother’s 80th birthday. After reaching her house she finds that her mother is not the same as she had always believed her to be. Initially jolted with this realization, she slowly comes to terms with her condition and its irreversibility. Through her mother she comes to change her perspective on life and being. What seemed like an ostensibly routine and ritualistic event turns to a larger metaphysical enquiry into human existence and how the past dictates our current state. The film deftly braids in questions of failing memory, cherishing the past, a fear of obsolescence and reconciliation into a haunting, moving story that is at its heart about burying the ghosts of the past in order to make peace with what has happened so that one can move on.

Feature Film
Run Time: 100 Mins
Release year: 2024
Language: Bengali with English subtitles
Director: Suman Ghosh
Producer: Rituparna Sengupta
Production company: Bhavna Aaj o Kal
Cast: Sharmila Tagore, Rituparna Sengupta, Indraneil Sengupta
Writers: Suman Ghosh
The film will be screened in Screen 5 at the venue.

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