Based on Guy de Maupassant's story, 'The False Gems', this short film is an examination of the complicated aspects of marital relationships in the Indian context. It was featured in the Short Film Corner of the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
Hypocrisy and irony are the two underlying universal themes of this story.
We are quick to jump to conclusions about somebody's behaviour, and when that somebody happens to be a woman in a patriarchal setup, the male protagonist is quick to judge her and jump to conclusions about her character. The hypocrisy lies in the fact that the male protagonist does not hesitate to make use of the resources left behind by the woman to bail himself out of difficult circumstances. To me, he is representative of all of us, since we are all, to varying extents, hypocrites.
The irony of the protagonist's life is that he never gets what he seeks for himself. Too late, he realizes that his first relationship - in spite of all the falsehood surrounding the first love and all the attention showered on him by the second one - was what sustained him all along.
'Sulle Sathya' shows that what was relevant in Maupassant's French society of the 19th Century is still applicable in the present day Indian society.
Congratulations to the director, Mr Akash Srivatsa for making it to the Cannes with this film.
Hypocrisy and irony are the two underlying universal themes of this story.
We are quick to jump to conclusions about somebody's behaviour, and when that somebody happens to be a woman in a patriarchal setup, the male protagonist is quick to judge her and jump to conclusions about her character. The hypocrisy lies in the fact that the male protagonist does not hesitate to make use of the resources left behind by the woman to bail himself out of difficult circumstances. To me, he is representative of all of us, since we are all, to varying extents, hypocrites.
The irony of the protagonist's life is that he never gets what he seeks for himself. Too late, he realizes that his first relationship - in spite of all the falsehood surrounding the first love and all the attention showered on him by the second one - was what sustained him all along.
'Sulle Sathya' shows that what was relevant in Maupassant's French society of the 19th Century is still applicable in the present day Indian society.
Congratulations to the director, Mr Akash Srivatsa for making it to the Cannes with this film.
