To the city come men, women, fruits, flowers, vegetables, goats and sheep – all ready for consumption. It is the process of consumption/exploitation that forms the core of the film.
Direction
Kaul's static frames trap you in exploitation's rhythm.
Sound
Animal noises become urban white noise. Horrifying.
Director
Mani Kaul
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of India's Parallel Cinema movement, rejecting Bollywood spectacle for structural critique of economic systems.
Kaul shot this after Uski Roti; both films treat rural labor as invisible infrastructure cities pretend not to see.
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