Santosh, newly widowed and desperate to support herself, accepts an opportunity to inherit her husband’s job as a police officer in rural India. Taken under the wing of Sharma, a charismatic and commanding older female inspector, Santosh begins an investigation into a low-caste girl’s brutal murder that plunges her into a world of crime and corruption, forcing her to confront not only the brokenness of the system around her, but her place within it. Official UK submission, Academy Awards.
A Metrograph Pictures release.
"A gripping and powerfully feminist procedural... the non-Hollywoodized Training Day." -Time Out
Shortlisted for the Academy Award for International Feature
Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival