Film: Naalu Pennungal [four women]
(2007, Malayalam, India, 105 mins)
Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Are art movies getting simpler, less intellectual and more appealing to the simple man. Or is it my misconception. Or its just that I am more mature now to understand it all.
Anyways. Adoor weaved four stories into a film without them interconnecting but yet showing the signs of being from the same father.
The stories are based in the 40’s to the 60’s Kerala. As the title suggests its about four women from different walks of life facing different dilemmas.
The first story is about a prostitute, who is unable to provide evidence of her marriage with her lover and hence is not considered married in society’s eye.
Second story is about a woman who gets married to a man who avoids intimacy with her, hence not giving her status of a wife.
The third story is about a married woman who feels incomplete as she is childless. She is tempted by her old classmate into an illicit relationship but doesn’t relent.
The fourth story is about a woman who remains a spinster not by choice but due to circumstances. And how that status causes discomfort because of society’s outlook.
All the stories were very well portrayed without losing the theme. The only thing I personally felt was the wrong positioning(literally) of the fourth story. It should have been the third and vise-versa. It would have been more balanced according to my thought process.
(2007, Malayalam, India, 105 mins)
Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Are art movies getting simpler, less intellectual and more appealing to the simple man. Or is it my misconception. Or its just that I am more mature now to understand it all.
Anyways. Adoor weaved four stories into a film without them interconnecting but yet showing the signs of being from the same father.
The stories are based in the 40’s to the 60’s Kerala. As the title suggests its about four women from different walks of life facing different dilemmas.
The first story is about a prostitute, who is unable to provide evidence of her marriage with her lover and hence is not considered married in society’s eye.
Second story is about a woman who gets married to a man who avoids intimacy with her, hence not giving her status of a wife.
The third story is about a married woman who feels incomplete as she is childless. She is tempted by her old classmate into an illicit relationship but doesn’t relent.
The fourth story is about a woman who remains a spinster not by choice but due to circumstances. And how that status causes discomfort because of society’s outlook.
All the stories were very well portrayed without losing the theme. The only thing I personally felt was the wrong positioning(literally) of the fourth story. It should have been the third and vise-versa. It would have been more balanced according to my thought process.
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