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India, France, USA, Norway / 2024 / 118 min
Director：Shuchi TALATI

Mira, a 16-year-old model student at an elite boarding school in the Himalayas, becomes the first female student to be appointed as the school supervisor to set the standard of behaviors and learnings throughout the school. Despite her ambitious and fastidious nature, she feels the ache of first love when she meets Sri, and prematurely gives in to her desires. Her exploration of first love and sexual desires, however, takes an unexpected turn when her mother intervenes. Mira feels jealousy and insecurity from her mother and Sri’s strange intimacy, creating an awkwardly heavy rift between them…The film examines how traditional values in an Indian society, particularly the shades of patriarchy, affect women’s lives to this day, while drawing close attention to the escalating tension of the mother and daughter’s mind game. Without glorification or critique, the camera captures fleeting moments of intimacy, self approval, betrayal and forgiveness. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Dramatic program, winning the Special Jury Prize for Preeti Panigrahi’s performance, along with the Audience Award.

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