The recent Delhi riots ended up with 53 individuals dead, and are considered the most lethal Hindu-Muslim riots since 1950. Aneek Chaudhuri directs a short that uses the riots as its base.
In very minimalist fashion, we watch a middle-aged man sitting on his chair, watching from the window, while the sounds of riots are heard all over. The camera then makes an hard zoom-in as he begins drinking from a cup. The camera moves back a bit again, and we watch him picking a cigarette and putting it in his mouth. He then realizes that he has only one last match available, but he cannot go out due to the riots. What he does, is call his wife and asks her to bring him matches on her way back, in a rather egoistical request since the riots are rather intense. In an effort to not hear the noise and pass the time until she returns,...
In very minimalist fashion, we watch a middle-aged man sitting on his chair, watching from the window, while the sounds of riots are heard all over. The camera then makes an hard zoom-in as he begins drinking from a cup. The camera moves back a bit again, and we watch him picking a cigarette and putting it in his mouth. He then realizes that he has only one last match available, but he cannot go out due to the riots. What he does, is call his wife and asks her to bring him matches on her way back, in a rather egoistical request since the riots are rather intense. In an effort to not hear the noise and pass the time until she returns,...
- 5/16/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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