Underplayed Gems

Shonibar Bikel (2019)

Shonibar Bikel poster
Original title
শনিবার বিকেল
Directed by
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Genre
drama film
Country
Bangladesh
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A political thriller set during a single afternoon inspired by a real terrorist attack in Dhaka. The film follows the events as they unfold in real time from a single continuous shot.

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What happens

Shonibar Bikel (lit. 'Saturday afternoon') is a 2019 political thriller drama film directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, a one shot political thriller, inspired from the July 2016 Dhaka attack. The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Moscow International Film Festival. The film was cleared for release in Bangladesh by Bangladesh Film Censor Board after 4 years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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