: The film explores the displacement of people caused by rapid, unplanned urban development in Kolkata. The "72-Minute" Context and Controversy

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: The film explores capitalism, political corruption, and the exploitation of the poor for urban development. Surrealist Style

The construction site (representing “development”) is sterile, vertical, and masculine. Julia’s movement from high-rise apartments to muddy shantytowns enacts a descent into the repressed organic base of the city. Director Jayasundara (who won the Camera d’Or for The Forsaken Land ) applies his signature slow cinema to capture this tension.