In Retreat

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In Retreat

Be-Qayaam

India 2024 Fiction cor 76 min.

Sometime between late autumn and early winter, a man returns home to a small mountain town. In his early fifties, always absent and late, having missed his brother’s funeral, he lingers on the threshold of the old house —what more can he hope for other than delay his arrival by one more night.

Presented at the ACID Cannes.

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direction

Maisam Ali

screenplay

Maisam Ali

cinematography

Ashok Meena

editing

Maisam Ali, Raghvender Vippuganti

sound

Niladri Shekhar Roy, Kriti Kamal Das, Rahul Tiwari

cast

Harish Khanna

production

Saroj Kherotia, Thanikachalam SA, Maisam Ali

produced by

Varsha Productions, Barycenter Films

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

G