After seeing a number of stunning titles at the event, I looked for a final movie to view at the online WOW Film Festival. Intrigued by the plot details on the site,I got set to visit the hospital.
View on the film:
Going down every long empty corridor with Rehana, writer/ director Abdullah Mohammad Saad reunites with cinematographer Tuhin Tamijul and scans the location with a deep blue tint which casts a clinical atmosphere over Saad's unflinching camera moves following Rehana (played by an outstanding, extremely raw Azmeri Haque Badhon) having to decide when to make the cut, and unveil the decay behind the walls.
Not giving Rehana any easy exit options, Saad & Tamijul perfectly pair the bleached blue appearance with Iran New Wave-inspired long corridor takes and delicate, pristine push-ins, brilliantly capturing the morals that Rehana (wrapped in a white scarf of purity) holds dear, pressing down on her,as she hits the brick wall of denial from Prof. Arefin ( played by a terrific, stern Kazi Sami Hassan.)
Witnessing a student leave Prof. Arefin's office in tears, the screenplay by Saad dissects a brittle character study of Rehana, who when finding the student refusing to report Arefin for his assault, leads to Rehana deciding that she must take action herself, while at the same time trying to hold the line, to an increasingly fragile, confrontational relationship with her neglected daughter, as Rehana decides to break the silence in the hospital.
View on the film:
Going down every long empty corridor with Rehana, writer/ director Abdullah Mohammad Saad reunites with cinematographer Tuhin Tamijul and scans the location with a deep blue tint which casts a clinical atmosphere over Saad's unflinching camera moves following Rehana (played by an outstanding, extremely raw Azmeri Haque Badhon) having to decide when to make the cut, and unveil the decay behind the walls.
Not giving Rehana any easy exit options, Saad & Tamijul perfectly pair the bleached blue appearance with Iran New Wave-inspired long corridor takes and delicate, pristine push-ins, brilliantly capturing the morals that Rehana (wrapped in a white scarf of purity) holds dear, pressing down on her,as she hits the brick wall of denial from Prof. Arefin ( played by a terrific, stern Kazi Sami Hassan.)
Witnessing a student leave Prof. Arefin's office in tears, the screenplay by Saad dissects a brittle character study of Rehana, who when finding the student refusing to report Arefin for his assault, leads to Rehana deciding that she must take action herself, while at the same time trying to hold the line, to an increasingly fragile, confrontational relationship with her neglected daughter, as Rehana decides to break the silence in the hospital.