1979 · drama · family · social
And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
Directed by Mrinal Sen1h 35m1979
The bread-winning daughter in a middle-class family fails to return from work one evening. The saga begins with worries at home, followed by midnight searches and finally a deepening crisis arising out of economic and moral constraints prevalent in the society. Yet the film speaks of hope and of strength hidden behind despair.
Our read: And Quiet Rolls the Dawn (1979) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · family · social entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / family, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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