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(Out)caste

2017 · 21 min

A quiet, heavy short that sits with you, watching a child carry an unbearable burden with little relief.

Overview
When a manual scavenger cannot continue her work, her 11-year-old daughter picks up where the mother left off.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • politics
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Directed by
Shilpi Shikha Agrawal
Written by
Shilpi Shikha Agrawal
Starring
Nandini Minocha, Rina Nath, Deepti Gupta, Aurea Jolly, Avy Samala, Rafiq Batcha, Sahil Ganatra, Jaspreet Singh
Music
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Runtime
21 min

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