Twenty-nine-year-old U.K. director Asif Kapadia's award-winning first feature marries a fairy-tale narrative to the mannerisms of an existential art movie. Inspired by a Japanese short story and set in the Northern regions of feudal India, it revolves around a conscience-stricken professional killer whose decision to renounce his old life has consequences that try his soul to its limits. Lafcadia (Irfin Khan) is head liegeman to a cruel and capricious local lord (Anupam Shyam) whose personal army is often called upon to exact brutal vengeance upon his impoverished, uneducated subjects. Lafcadia lives with his adolescent son, Kitabi (Puru Chibber), who wants to follow...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
86 mins