The Scavenger of Dreams

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The Scavenger of Dreams

The Scavenger of Dreams

India 2023 Fiction Cor 83 min.

Birju and Shona live in a slum in Kolkata with their 6-year-old daughter Munni. Every morning, the day begins when they go out to collect trash from various locations in one of the city’s wealthiest areas. The couple picks up some of their finds to illustrate the bedtime stories they tell Munni. This is the closest they have come to the wealthiest classes of society. The family’s life changes when a new battery-powered car becomes mandatory for the collections —in place of Birju’s old cart. With the contrast between the fantasies narrated to their daughter and Birju’s practical anxieties, we see the social and economic inequality while maintaining a warm perspective on the life of a family with dreams.

Presented at the Busan International Film Festival.

India family drama social portrait family social inequality international film festivals

direction

Suman Ghosh

screenplay

Suman Ghosh

cinematography

Ravi Kiran Ayyagari

editing

Subhajit Singha

sound design

Dipankar Chaki

music

Mirjam Skal

production design

Angelica Monica Bhowmick

cast

Shardul Bhardwaj, Sudipta Chakraborty

production

Suman Ghosh

co-production

Souren Sarkar, Soumen Sarkar

produced by

Maya Leela Films, CFP Films

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

16