The Golden Cage
Genres
Overview
It is an early winter morning in Kolkata in 1989 and the palatial old "Roy Choudhury" house lies dilapidated, housing the last few members of a once huge affluent joint family. Rudro, the younger brother of the last generation, an under-confident, nondescript man in his mid-30s tries to convince Rajatabho, the eldest of the brothers to take up the offer of selling the house in a desperate attempt to save themselves from bankruptcy. Rajatabho, however, is unrelenting. Rudro, later tries to convince Anjali, Rajatabho's wife, to help change her husband's mind. Later in the day, a crying Anjali grinds down sleeping pills on her kitchen slab. She reminisces down memory lane through each nook and corner of the house as she does this. Finally, at dusk, as Anjali stands alone on the terrace holding a bottle of sleeping pills, Rajatabho suddenly arrives and they look eye to eye for the first time in months.
Details
Budget
$2500
Revenue
$4500
Runtime
11 min
Release Date
2023-09-22
Status
Released
Original Language
Bengali
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
9
Anshulika Kapoor
Anjali Roy Chowdhury
Deboprasad Halder
Rudro Roy Chowdhury
Sounak Sen Barat
Rajatabho Roy Chowdhury
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