The Adamant Girl

Spotlight on India

New Directors Competition

The Adamant Girl

Kottukkaali

India 2024 Fiction Cor 100 min.

When Meena, a 21-year-old woman, falls in love with a man from a lower caste, her enraged family believes she is under the influence of a love spell. They force her to travel to a distant village, where a shaman will break the spell and erase all memories Meena has of the romance. The ritual involves witchcraft and the sacrifice of a rooster. Meena’s future is now dictated by misogynistic patriarchies and their regressive ideologies.

Presented at the Berlin International Film Festival.

India love relationship family drama feminism international film festivals

direction

P S Vinothraj

screenplay

P S Vinothraj

cinematography

B. Sakthi Vel

editing

Ganesh Siva

sound

Raghav Ramesh

sound design

Suren G, S. Alagia Koothan

art direction

Kingsley Paul S

cast

Soori, Anna Ben

production

Sivakarthikeyan D, Kalai Arasu P

produced by

Sivakarthikeyan Productions

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

14