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INDIA · 1993

The Confined

Mrinal Sen
isolation telephone romance urban loneliness class disparity anonymous connection
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Synopsis

The mistress of a wealthy man, alone in her huge apartment and terribly lonely, phones strangers in the middle of the night. One night she phones a young writer, and as the days pass and the conversations continue a relationship forms between two people who've never seen each other.

Year1993
CountryIndia
DirectorMrinal Sen
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