The Knot (2021)
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 47M
Director : Ashish Pant
Sinopse
Shirish and Geeta run a rickshaw driver over and have dramatically opposing reactions to the tragedy. Shirish moves on, hiding behind the invisible protections afforded to him by class structure, and the visible walls and locked gates of his home. In parallel, Geeta’s guilt drives her to surreptitiously employ Manoj, the victim’s younger brother, intertwining two lives otherwise separated by class and power. The small collision quickly turns into a dramatic suspense, spurred by greed, betrayal, guilt, as the nocuous effects of grave inequality threaten to unwind the very fabric of each of their lives.
Um patriarca de uma família rica e poderosa falece subitamente, deixando sua esposa e filha com uma herança secreta chocante que ameaça desvendar e destruir suas vidas.
Uma mulher abandonada precisa lidar com um passado doloroso enquanto sua aldeia é assolada por assassinatos misteriosos.
A tribo Maori, que vive no leste da Nova Zelândia, acredita ser descendente de Paikea, o domador de baleias. Segundo a lenda, há milhares de anos a canoa de Paikea virou em cima de uma baleia e ele, cavalgando-a, liderou seu povo até um local para viver. A tradição da tribo Maori diz que o primeiro filho do chefe da tribo seria considerado descendente de Paikea e líder espiritual do povo. Porém, após a morte do atual líder, quem assume o posto é sua irmã, Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), uma garota de apenas 11 anos. Apesar de ser corajosa e amada por todos, Pai precisa ainda enfrentar a resistência de seu avô, Koro (Rawiri Paratene), que insiste na manutenção da antiga tradição de que o chefe da tribo deve ser um homem.
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Three characters living in an unfinished painting venture out into the real world in search of their creator to convince him to finish his work.
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Shirish and Geeta run a rickshaw driver over and have dramatically opposing reactions to the tragedy. Shirish moves on, hiding behind the invisible protections afforded to him by class structure, and the visible walls and locked gates of his home. In parallel, Geeta’s guilt drives her to surreptitiously employ Manoj, the victim’s younger brother, intertwining two lives otherwise separated by class and power. The small collision quickly turns into a dramatic suspense, spurred by greed, betrayal, guilt, as the nocuous effects of grave inequality threaten to unwind the very fabric of each of their lives.
Em um mundo distópico, duas garotas buscam vingança cruel quando o irmão de uma delas é assassinado em uma rixa entre dois clãs familiares.
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