Liar's Dice (2013)

Directed by

Geetu Mohandas

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young mother leaves her remote village to search for her missing husband. She goes missing herself. The story follows her journey and shows the hard lives of migrant workers.

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What happens

Liar's Dice is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language road movie written and directed by Geetu Mohandas and starring Geetanjali Thapa and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The film tells the story of a young mother from a remote village who, going in search of her missing husband, goes missing herself. The film examines the human cost of migration to cities and the exploitation of migrant workers. The production is Mohandas' feature film debut; she had previously made the short film Kelkkunndo in 2008, which received wide acclaim. Liar's Dice had its world premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival in October 2013, where it took part in the Indian competition section. In January 2014, the film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. It won a special jury award at the Sofia International Film Festival. Liar's Dice went on to receive two awards at the 61st National Film Awards: Best Actress for Geetanjali Thapa, and Best Cinematography for Rajeev Ravi. The film was India's official entry at the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated. Art director Ajay Sharma, who had worked on movies such as Happy Journey (2014), won the Best Art Director Award at the Maharashtra State Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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