Movie

Badla

2019 · 120 min

A tense, talky chamber piece that keeps you leaning in, parsing lies within lies until the floor shifts beneath you.

Overview: A dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened.
How it feels: Tense, dark, cynical and melancholic. Measured and demanding.
About: Deception, guilt, justice, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
guilt
justice
betrayal
morality
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild