Anand is compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the countryside, during which he bonds with a local farmer Balya. As pressure mounts for Anand to settle down and find a wife, their relationship ripens into romance against a background of funeral rituals and familial obligations.

Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda), dir. Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
India, 2025, 112 minutes

CW: Topics of death, funeral rituals

 

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