Picked by The New Yorker
Holy Curse
Directed by Snigdha Kapoor · Starring Shardul Bharadwaj, Suhas Deshpande, Adithi Kalkunte, Mrunal Kashid · 2024
In India, a preteen's queerness is treated by family as something to be ritually cleansed, with unpredictable results.
A tender, unsettling Indian drama picked up by The New Yorker's Screening Room.
In Snigdha Kapoor’s short film, an Indian preteen’s queerness is treated as something to be ritually cleansed—with unpredictable results.
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