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SAND CITY

By Mahde HASAN

First film - Development 2019

A monk, a materialist young man and a woman from an ethnic minority are connected through the unstable element of sand as they exist through a web of fantasy, spiritual practices and repressed sexuality in the ruthless metropolis of Dhaka.

- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- First film, Drama
- Countries
- BANGLADESH
- Languages
- BENGALI
- Director(s)
- Mahde HASAN
- Producer(s)
- Rubaiyat HOSSAIN (Khona Talkies ), Aadnan Imtiaz AHMED (KHONA TALKIES)
- Synopsis
- Emma sets out on her scooter every week to pick up sand for her cat litter. One day, she finds an amputated finger in the sand and gradually develops a strange bond with the lone finger. The monk, Karuna, tries to concentrate on building a sand mandala but the constant noise from the surrounding areas distract him. Hasan steals sand from a sand-washing plant to make glass at home that slowly leads to his own destruction.