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Debshishu (1985)
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Year: 1985
Color/BW: COLOR
Category: Feature Film
Genre: Drama
Description
This powerful and realistic film is a study of poverty, illiteracy, natural calamities and the toll they take on the human soul. The story of a rural couple who're trying to survive on the road with many others like them, after their village was destroyed by a flood. The wife gives birth to a deformed baby, which is pronounced as a 'child of the devil' by the local pundit (Hindu priest), who forces them to abandon the child and exiles them from the community. The journey takes the couple towards a bizarre and heart-breaking conclusion.
