Songs of Forgotten Trees review – sensitive, ambiguous drama of female intimacy in Mumbai
A sex worker and a call centre employee forge an ambiguous relationship in a film of strong feelingsIn a tiny crumbling Mumbai apartment two women move around each other, squeezing into the kitchen to cook, or past one another in the hallway. The cramped space hems them in – just as society limits their choices. That is surely the point first-time director Anuparna Roy is making in a gentle drama set mostly in the apartment about the closeness that develops…
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