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IMDb member since October 2016
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Parched (2015)
Brave, intelligent and utterly human
14 October 2016 - 13 out of 15 users found this review helpful.
It's fantastic to see a realistic, well-rounded and empathetic portrayal of Indian women. It really is wonderful to see a film centred on the relationships between the female characters from this culture so far from many of us. We learn about the expectations put on them and the hypocrisy of a patriarchal society they're learning to free themselves from. There were no paragons of virtue or other exhausted stereotypes here but real women surviving together with much humour and warmth alongside just as much cruelty and fear. What a joy to have something so raw come from the home of Bollywood. I felt emotionally drained but triumphant at the end of this movie. Bravo, bravo, bravo. Everyone involved should be proud.
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