Despite the fact that “19(1)(a)” is a small independent movie about the political awakening of a young girl in a small town in Kerala, it still managed to land Vijay Sethupathi and Nithya Menenin in two of the key roles of a film that has both many merits and issues.
19(1)(a) is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Penkutty, a young girl running a copy shop in the stead of her depressed father, finds herself in a situation with much more than she can handle, when a young writer, who later is proven to be Gauri Shankar, an author who frequently writes texts against the government, stumble upon her shop by chance. He is there to leave the manuscript of his novel in order to make copies of it, and he promises to be back in the shop before the closing time. Actually, though, he never returns,...
19(1)(a) is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Penkutty, a young girl running a copy shop in the stead of her depressed father, finds herself in a situation with much more than she can handle, when a young writer, who later is proven to be Gauri Shankar, an author who frequently writes texts against the government, stumble upon her shop by chance. He is there to leave the manuscript of his novel in order to make copies of it, and he promises to be back in the shop before the closing time. Actually, though, he never returns,...
- 2/11/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
ReviewDirector Indhu Vs has made a daring, promising debut with her unambiguous politics, which is the biggest plus of the film.Lakshmi PriyaDisney+ Hotstar“I have only done what people expect from me so far,” Nithya Menen’s unnamed character tells a journalist halfway through the film 19(1)(a), amid what seems like Nithya’s first slightly rebellious act. She is a woman stuck in routine, struggling to keep her widowed and depressed father’s photocopy shop afloat in a village in Kerala, more resigned than happy in her small world. The film’s initial sequences are an apt reflection of her life, ebbing and flowing calmly, with no loud overtures or theatrics. Things begin to change with the entry of Vijay Sethupathy’s Gauri Shankar, a writer and activist named with purpose — no doubt, a reference to slain journalist Gauri Lankesh. It is through him that the reason behind the film’s name,...
- 7/29/2022
- by AjayR
- The News Minute
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