Agra

Original Title: Agra 

Duration: 132 minutes 

Country: India 

Language: Hindi with English Subtitles 

Director(s): Kanu Behl 

Guru, a young man in his twenties, works in a call center in Agra. In love with Mala, a work colleague, he stills lives with his parents, whose house is divided in two parts. Guru lives on the ground floor with his mother while his father is upstairs with his mistress. when Guru announces that he wants to marry Mala, and make the terrace of the house his future bedroom, nothing goes as planned. Frustrations, faults and family hatreds come to light, symptoms of an Indian patriarchal society with many taboos. 

Quote: 

"A hard-hitting and audacious film that will leave no one indifferent and that only a formally talented filmmaker like Kanu Behl could bring to a safe harbour beyond its ambient darkness." - Fabien Lemercier (Cineuropa) 

Awards: 

+ Mumbai Film Festival: Jury Special Prize 

+ Indian Film Festival of Melbourne: Best Director and Best Actor 

+ Cannes Director's Fortnight: Quinzaine des cineastes nominee 

+ Kerala International Film Festival: Golden Crow Pheasant Nominee 

+ Sao Paulo International Film Festival: Best Fiction Nominee New Directors Competition