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Gamak Ghar (2019)

Gamak Ghar poster
Original title
গামক ঘর
Directed by
Achal Mishra
Genre
drama, family
Country
India
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Over twenty years, it follows a family as their relationship with their ancestral village house changes. The film shows the quiet shifts in the home and the people who gather there.

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What happens

Gamak Ghar (transl. The Village House) is a 2019 Indian Maithili-language feature film written, edited, produced, and directed by Achal Mishra. The film premiered at 21st MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2019, where it won the inaugural Manish Acharya Award for New Voices in Indian Cinema. The film chronicles two decades of a family house in a small village in Darbhanga, Mithila. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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