1984 · drama · feminist · romance
Paroma
Directed by Aparna Sen2h 6m1984
The journey of a woman from a mere homemaker to a woman seeking her self identity. This search for self identity is sparked off by a young bohemian photographer, with whom she falls in love while he photographs her for a magazine doing her daily chores.
Our read: Paroma (1984) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · feminist · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / feminist, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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