A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021)

Original title

कुछ भी न जानने की एक रात

Directed by

Payal Kapadia

Genre

documentary film

Country

India, France

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

15

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film about a film student in India who writes letters to her boyfriend after they are separated because of caste. It shows their relationship and the experience of university life.

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What happens

A Night of Knowing Nothing is a documentary film (or, some would say, a work of creative docufiction), directed by Payal Kapadia and released in 2021. An exploration of university student life in India, the film centres on letters written by L., a student at the Film and Television Institute of India, to her estranged boyfriend after they are separated when he is forced to quit film school and denied permission from his family to continue dating L. because she is not of the same caste. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight stream at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it was named the winner of the L'Œil d'or award for Best Documentary Film. It was subsequently screened at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was one of the winners of the Amplify Voices Award. The film has been acquired for commercial distribution by Square Eyes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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