Gantumoote (2019)

Original title

ಗಂಟುಮೂಟೆ

Directed by

Roopa Rao

Genre

drama, romance

Country

India

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

A

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl named Meera navigates her first crush and the complicated emotions of young love in 1990s Bangalore. The film quietly follows her personal growth and the weight of those early experiences.

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What happens

Gantumoote (transl. Baggage) is a 2019 Indian Kannada language coming of age drama film written and directed by Roopa Rao and produced by Rao and Sahadev Kelvadi. Having previously directed short films and web series', this is Rao's debut feature film. Set in the 90s in Bangalore, this film follows the life of Meera, a high school teenager and her first tryst with love and the story that ensues. It had its world premiere in New York Indian Film Festival on May 11, 2019, and later released in India on October 18, 2019, and in USA on November 8, 2019. Gantumoote won the Best Screenplay Award at the New York Indian Film Festival, being the first Kannada film to do so. It received critical acclaim upon release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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