Ghost of the Golden Groves (2019)

Original title

সোনাঝুরির ভূত

Directed by

Aniket Dutta, Roshni Sen

Genre

science fiction, fantasy, horror

Country

India

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two interconnected stories unfold in the Indian countryside. One involves a mysterious figure haunting a golden grove.

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What happens

Ghost of the Golden Groves (Bengali: সোনাঝুরির ভূত, romanized: Shonajhurir Bhoot) is a critically acclaimed 2019 Indian Bengali-language Experimental horror fantasy film directed by Aniket Dutta and Roshni Sen (known collectively as "Harun-Al-Rashid" after the caliph of the same name). The film consists of two stories, the second of which is loosely based on a short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay. The film stars Joyraj Bhattacharjee and Bibhuti Soumyajit Majumdar. Ghost of the Golden Groves premiered on 22 June 2019 at the London Indian Film Festival. and in October at the Festival du nouveau Cinema Montreal where the film was nominated for the FIPRESCI(International Federation of Film Critics) award. In 2020, it won the top award at Chicago underground film festival (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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