The 5th Hong Kong International Film Festival, part three
The third instalment of my reviews from the Fifth Hong Kong International Film Festival covers three films from India and one from […]
Review: Bitter Morsel (1979)
Director: Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Cast: Sunil Mukherjee, Jayita Sarkar, Manojit Lahiri, Anil Chatterjee,
Sunil Mukherjee
Jayita Sarkar
Manojit Lahiri
Anil Chatterjee
Plot: This somber drama follows the troubles of a rural family who moves to the big city to have a better life. Although the family is poor, they provide lodging for an old beggar while the unemployed husband searches for work. The youngest girl steals birdseed from a parrot, while the eldest girl is close to trading sex for food. The wife believes the beggar is hiding something and finds a bag of rice in his room. The beggar dies, and the wife cooks the rice for her family. Although she has provided for her family, her feelings of guilt about the old man prevent her from keeping her food down.
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