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2024

In the Belly of a Tiger

Australian Premiere.

Guest in attendance.

An elderly farmer and his family return home to their village after trying to make money in the city, only to find it destitute and ruled by exploitative employers and a hungry tiger. Both the greedy employers and the tiger are protected by the government, but only the death at the hands of one will provide compensation.

Director

Jatla Siddartha

Runtime

91 Minutes

Country

India, United States, China, Indonesia, Taiwan

Classification

Unclassified 15+

A poignant allegorical critique of capitalism from India’s burgeoning arthouse movement.

An elderly couple, Bhagole and Prabhata, return to their village with their son and two granddaughters. Having sold their land to try their luck in the city, they now only own their house and a bull.

Their son, Saharsh, secures a job at the local brick factory where workers are exploited and worked to the brink of death. Desperation seeps through the village, culminating in frequent tiger-related deaths which are compensated by the government.

Ultimately, Bhagole decides to sacrifice himself to secure the future of his family. When Prabhata finds her husband in the forest, they share one final night together reminiscing on a lifetime of love.

Despite all this pain, moments of beauty push through in director Jatla Siddartha’s poignant critique of capitalism. Siddartha’s cinematography produces stunning scenes, including cuts of a village play depicting Lord Vishnu’s arrival, a signal of hope like the lotus blossoms that rain down throughout.

"Mesmerising."

Sunday Arts Magazine Podcast

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Film Credits

Director

Jatla Siddartha

Year

2024

Country

IndiaUnited StatesChinaIndonesia & Taiwan

Language

Hindi

Subtitles

English

Type

Feature & Fiction

Program Strand

Country Spotlight India & Feature Fiction Competition

Producer

Sarada UmaFang Li & Bhavana Goparaju

Writer

Amanda Mooney & Jatla Siddartha

Cinematographer

Jatla Siddartha

Editor

Akhmad Fesdi Anggorro

Cast

Lawrence FrancisPoonam TiwariSorabh JaiswarJyotiSonaliPooja Pallavi & Umesh Shukla

Music

Shigeru Umebayashi

Film Source

QUN Films

Genre

AsiaDrama & Politics

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Sunday 27 Oct 2024

03:00 pm

In the Belly of a Tiger

Guest in attendance

The Piccadilly:

The Piccadilly: Cinema 1

Sunday 3 Nov 2024

03:45 pm

In the Belly of a Tiger

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