Court

A quietly absorbing, fly-on-the-wall look at a legal system grinding on, mixing dry humour with a growing sense of injustice.

Directed by

Chaitanya Tamhane

Genres

Drama

Starring

Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gomber, Geetanjali Kulkarni

Overview

A sewerage worker's dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is tried in court on charges of abetment of suicide. He is accused of performing an inflammatory song which might have incited the worker to commit the act. As the trial unfolds, the personal lives of the lawyers and the judge involved in the case are observed outside the court.

How it feels

Satirical, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Justice, class, power, corruption

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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