Mrinal Sen Centennial: Ek din Pratidin / And the Quiet Rolls the Dawn (1979)

Part of legendary Indian filmmaker Mrinal Sen Centennial and Retrospective!

In a middle-class household, the daughter who financially supports her family doesn’t come back from work one evening. The evening starts with concerns at home, leading to late-night searches and eventually escalating into a crisis fueled by the economic and moral limitations of the Bengali society.

Co-sponsored by the Film and Media Studies Program, South Asian Studies Council, Comparative Literature Department, Whitney Humanities Center, and The MacMillan Center

Free and open to the public.