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SHADOW KILL – NIZHALKUTHU
SUNDAY 29 MARCH
2PM
QFT
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£6 / £5.50
BOOK ONLINE
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Set in 1941 in a remote village in the princely state of Travancore, today part of the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, Gopalakrishnan’s slow-paced, powerful and at times visually beautiful film centres on the tragic life of Kaliyappan, an aging state executioner and his family.
Kaliyappan, who was appointed to his position by the local maharaja, has hanged an innocent young man and is desperately trying to find a way out of the grisly profession.
His employment, however, was given to his family by royal decree and he cannot escape it, unless he passes on the job to his son.
Shadow Kill provides an accurate and disturbing glimpse of the state apparatus created by the British colonial rulers and their local Indian agents and the treatment of those at the bottom of the pecking order.
Shadow Kill is a dark and disturbing film with strong performances by its experienced cast, a masterwork that seeps in through the eyes and envelops the mind and doesn't let go.
Followed by Panel Discussion with Adoor Gopalakrishnan. |
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India / 2003 / 90mins / Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan
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