Ee.Ma.Yau (2018)

Original title

ഈ.മ.യൗ

Directed by

Lijo Jose Pellissery

Genre

drama, comedy

Country

India

Runtime

2h

Rated

U

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family in a coastal Kerala village prepares for the funeral of an elderly man from their Catholic community. The film follows the chaotic and often absurd events that unfold over the course of a single night as they navigate tradition, social pressures, and personal tensions.

slow-burnbleakmelancholicvisceralgrittyatmosphericdarkly comicunflinching

What happens

Ee.Ma.Yau. (Malayalam: ഈ.മ.യൗ.) is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language independent tragedy film directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery and written by P. F. Mathews. It stars Vinayakan, Chemban Vinod Jose, Pauly Valsan, Bitto Davis, Kainakary Thankaraj, Dileesh Pothan and Arya Salim in the main roles. The film had its premiere on 30 November 2017 and was theatrically released on 4 May 2018. The film revolves around the death and funeral of an older man from the Latin Catholic community in Chellanam, Ernakulam district. Lijo Jose Pellissery won the Best Director Award at the 48th Kerala State Film Awards for Ee.Ma.Yau. The film won the Silver Peacock-Best Director and Best Actor (Chemban Vinod Jose) awards at the 49th International Film Festival of India. It also won two awards at the International Film Festival of Kerala viz. the NETPAC Award for Best Asian film in Competition and the Golden Crow Pheasant Award for the best director. It was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade and is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the New Wave Movement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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