Keswick Film Festival

Saturday 27th February 1:30 PM - Theatre By The Lake

Court

Director: Chaitanya Tamhane Country: India
Cert: 12A Year: 2014 Length: 116 minsLanguage: Marathi/Gujarati
Best Of The Fests
2016 Festival
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Audience Reaction

Score: 50.32% Attendance: 88

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  • More details on this film at the Internet Movie Database

When the sledgehammer of the State decides that the nut of an irritant folk singer needs to be cracked, the legal process becomes a heavy weapon.

Court exposes the convoluted workings of the Indian judicial system and seems to have touched a nerve, with Indian censors mandating edits before approving the film for release.

A courtroom drama like no other, Court contrasts the lifestyles of the defence and the defendant, the prosecutor and the judge.

Critics

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With a poise that's rare in directors making their first feature, Tamhane delivers both a deadpan satire of a rotten legal system and a nuanced portrayal of the people who inhabit it
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Los Angeles Times



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