Wail of the Conch

A quiet, melancholic return to a half-remembered past that slowly gives way to a harsher, more painful reality.

Directed by

Abu Sayeed

Genres

Drama

Starring

Nazma Anwar, Zahid Hasan, Insan Ali

Overview

Osman returns to his ancestral village on a stormy night, the village he had fled in the dark of the night 27 years ago. He finds shelter in the home of Mannaf Khan, a village elder. Osman seeks to rediscover his childhood and goes about reliving the past in childhood memories. He meets Kunjo Buri who had nursed him as an infant. He also meets his boyhood friend Fazlu. Osman is not after worldly gains, he only wants to spend the rest of his life in the village and the nostalgia of bygone days. That, However, is not to be. He comes face to face with a reality of a markedly different kind.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Memory, isolation, identity, grief

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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