Elippathayam (1981)
- Original title
- എലിപ്പത്തായം
- Directed by
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A feudal landlord in Kerala clings to his crumbling estate and refuses to adapt as the world around him changes. The film follows his isolation and passive resistance as he sinks into self-imposed stagnation.
slow-burnmelancholiccontemplativeclaustrophobicbleakrestrainedintrospective
What happens
Elippathayam (Translation: The Rat Trap) is a 1982 Malayalam film written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It stars Karamana Janardanan Nair, Sharada, Jalaja, and Rajam K. Nair. The film documents the feudal life in Kerala at its twilight overshadowed with grief, and a sense of carelessness/avoidance as a form of revolt. The protagonist is disenfranchised and trapped within himself and does not want to - unable to change with the social changes taking place around him. The film premiered at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. It was also screened at the London Film Festival where it won the Sutherland Trophy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Unarthupattu (1980)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.