Exactly a month before the world premiere of Abhinandan Banerjee‘s “The Cloud & the Man” in the First Feature competition of PÖFF, it was announced that the U.S. sales agent Outsider Pictures had boarded it. After its screening in Tallinn, it is safe to say that the film has a good chance of winning further international audiences, if not in physical theaters outside the film festivals, than most certainly on diverse VOD platforms.
PÖFF
Baneerjee’s debut is a remarkably well-written and executed film which stands out for its unique representation of loneliness with little words invested. Black & white photography, in recent years over-used in just about any film that hints at ‘art’, makes perfect sense in “The Cloud & The Man”. The world of its main protagonist, the middle-aged Manikbabu (Chandan Sen) is literally colourless, and his days unfold in exactly the same rhythm: desk job with a mountain of paperwork,...
PÖFF
Baneerjee’s debut is a remarkably well-written and executed film which stands out for its unique representation of loneliness with little words invested. Black & white photography, in recent years over-used in just about any film that hints at ‘art’, makes perfect sense in “The Cloud & The Man”. The world of its main protagonist, the middle-aged Manikbabu (Chandan Sen) is literally colourless, and his days unfold in exactly the same rhythm: desk job with a mountain of paperwork,...
- 12/10/2021
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
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