Epitaph

30min  |  Bengali  |  Dark, Drama, Social, Women

A solitary and 'faceless' young woman living with her dog becomes the target of neighbourhood slander. Her sudden suicide - and the earlier discovery of a dead foetus - fuels harsher speculation. Two neighbouring families, a young couple and an elderly father with his middle-aged bedridden daughter, confront their own fears and agony while discussing the girl's fate. Her ambiguous life and death expose a society quick to judge independent women yet capable of rare empathy.
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Synopsis

A solitary and 'faceless' young woman living with her dog becomes the target of neighbourhood slander. Her sudden suicide - and the earlier discovery of a dead foetus - fuels harsher speculation. Two neighbouring families, a young couple and an elderly father with his middle-aged bedridden daughter, confront their own fears and agony while discussing the girl's fate. Her ambiguous life and death expose a society quick to judge independent women yet capable of rare empathy.

Filmmaker Bio

Arunava Gangopadhyay

Arunava Gangopadhyay

Writer, Director, Producer

He co-wrote and co-directed the Bengali film 'Hoyto Manush Noy' in 2018. Made the documentary 'Kalpavigyan: A Speculative Journey' in 2022, with the financial support of the University of Oslo, Norway. Directed 'Aliens of the Same World', an EU–funded documentary. His latest fiction work is 'Epitaph'

Credits

director: Arunava Gangopadhyay

writer: Arunava Gangopadhyay

producer: Arunava Gangopadhyay

cast: Kalyan Chattopadhyay, Madhumita Sengupta, Suman Saha, Shruti Ghosh, Brishti Roy

Cinematography: Debraj Naiya

Editor: Sreya Chatterjee

Sound Design: Navonil Bhattacharya

Music: Megh Banerjee