COURT
by Chaitanya Tamhane
Synopsis: A sewage worker’s dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is arrested and accused of performing an inflammatory song, which may have incited the worker to commit suicide. The trial unfolds in a lower court, where the hopes and dreams of the city’s ordinary people play out. Forging these fates are the lawyers and judge, who are abserved in their personal lives beyond the theatre of the courtroom.
2014 / India / 116 min
Produced by Zoo Entertainment.
“… a masterpiece, one of the best films of the year”
— Rogerebert.com
“Outstanding debut”
— Variety
“… a powerful and richly praised new Indian film”
— The New Yorker
