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

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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