A university student in India writes letters to her estranged lover, affording audiences a glimpse into the drastic changes taking place around her.
Festival Programme
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Bengali
Once Upon a Time in Calcutta
An ensemble cast under direction of filmmaker Aditya Vikram Sengupta pays poetic homage to modern day Kolkata, weaving tales both personal and epic in the triumphant Once Upon a Time in Calcutta.
Rehana Maryam Noor
Seeking justice for a student’s assault becomes an all-consuming vendetta for a college professor in Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s second feature — the first Bangladeshi film to screen at Cannes.