RAPTURE

RIMDOGITTANGA

By Dominic SANGMA

ANNA FILMS - as SALES

Crime - Completed 2020

The village is gripped by the fear of child-kidnappers. At the same time the church prophesizes the coming of apocalyptic darkness that will last for the duration of 80 days. For Kasan (male, 10) who suffers from night blindness, the village is never more fearful.

Festivals
& Awards

Locarno Film Festival 2023
Cineasti del Presente
Busan IFF 2023
A Window on Asian Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Crime, Second film, Drama
    • Countries
    • INDIA, CHINA
    • Languages
    • Other
    • Duration
    • 127 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Dominic SANGMA
    • Synopsis
    • The village is gripped by the fear of child-kidnapper. At the same time the church prophesize the coming of apocalyptic darkness that will last for the duration of 80 days. At the wake of these two impending fear the villagers frantically prepares themselves to tackle the kidnappers and to face the apocalyptic darkness with prayers. But the kidnappers become more aggressive with each passing night. The fear of the villagers turned into anger and finally when they caught a stranger and enquired his purpose of visiting, something got lost in translation. To vent their anger the villagers lynched the stranger.
      Through Kasan (male, 10) who suffers from night blindness we witness the unfolding of events.