| Brief Description: | This powerful moral fable from acclaimed Indian director Adoor Gopalakrishnan is set in southern India on the eve of Gandhi's freedom movement. It is there that a hangman named Kaliyappan struggles with the implications of his actions during the period of British colonialism. Rejected by his son and summoned to perform one more hanging, Kaliyappan faces a complicated spiritual, political, and ethical conundrum. "Utterly unique, striking, masterful and rewarding" (Film Comment). In Malayalam with English subtitles. |
