Thithi (2015)

Original title

ತಿಥಿ

Directed by

Raam Reddy

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

UA

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three generations of men in a rural village react in their own ways after the death of their 101-year-old family patriarch. The story follows their separate lives and interactions with humor and warmth.

light-heartedslow-pacedearthyobservationalgentlequirkyruralmulti-generational

What happens

Thithi (Funeral) is a 2015 Indian Kannada drama film co-written and directed by Raam Reddy. Consisting of a cast of non-professional actors from villages in the Mandya district of Karnataka, the film is a (semi-) light-hearted story about three generations of men reacting to the death of their 101-year old patriarch. It is an Indian-American co-production, jointly produced by Pratap Reddy from Prspctvs Productions and Sunmin Park from Maxmedia. Thithi premiered at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival on 8 August 2015, where it won the Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present category as well as the First Feature award. Consequently, it was screened at various film festivals around the world and won numerous awards including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada at the 63rd National Film Awards. It was released in Karnataka on 6 May 2016 and in the rest of India on 3 June 2016 to generally positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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