Sister Midnight

An arranged marriage between an intelligent and ambitious young woman, and a less-than-successful man in modern India is a not a recipe for marital harmony, so it is no surprise when the wife takes her life into her own hands, in this wonderfully observed drama about the limitations of a patriarchal world which leaves nothing for women to do apart from sit at home waiting for a useless man to come home. This is more than a feminist manifesto, though; Screen Daily describes it as a “droll, idiosyncratic black comedy,” and gives special praise for an electric performance by Radhika Apte as Uma, the film’s heroine. 

SYNOPSIS:
A newly arranged marriage sees an oddball couple shoved together in a small Mumbai shack with paper-thin walls. They are alone, awkward and together. Cranky Uma does her best to cope with the heat, her complete lack of domestic skills, nosy neighbours and her bumbling spouse until one night she discovers strange new feral cravings.

 

Details
Run time: 1h 50 mins
Certificate: 12
Director: Karan Kandhari
Writer: Karan Kandhari

Cast: Radhika Apte, Masashi Fujimoto, Daemian Greaves
Country: India
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Language: English