A Night of Knowing Nothing
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Directed by Payal Kapadia | 96 mins | 2021
An emotionally charged, intimate examination of the lives of Indian university students, Kapadia’s riveting documentary, winner of the L’Oeil d’or at the Cannes Film Festival, is built around a series of letters written by a student, L, to her estranged boyfriend, forbidden from continuing his relationship with L. because she originates from a different caste.
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