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Santosh

Synopsis

Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2024 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - First Feature Competition

Details

Year: 2024
Type of film: Features
Running time: 120 min
Director: Sandhya Suri 1st Feature
Producer: James Bowsher, Balthazar de Ganay, Mike Goodridge, Alan McAlex
Screenwriter: Sandhya Suri
Production Designer: Devika Dave
Principal cast: Shahana Goswami, Sanjay Bishnoi, Sunita Rajwar, Shashi Beniwal

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, France, Germany co-production

Supported by BBC Film, BFI

A Good Chaos (UK) production in association with Suitable Pictures (IN) in co-production with Haut et Court (FR), Razor Film Produktion (DE), ZDF/ARTE (DE), CNC (FR)

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MK2 Films

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