1986 · drama · allegory · desert

Genesis

Directed by Mrinal Sen · 1h 45m · 1986

A farmer and a weaver who have both been liberated from enslavement struggle to survive in an arid, desert landscape. To secure basic necessities, they cast their lot with a merchant, who is a man of suspicious intent but provides for them nonetheless. Things change dramatically, however, when their camp is visited by a woman.

Our read: Genesis (1986) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, inventive drama · allegory · desert entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.