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The Wish Fulfilment
INDIA · 1970

The Wish Fulfilment

Mrinal Sen
role reversal parent-child relationships coming of age social responsibility family dynamics
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Synopsis

A young boy wishes to switch roles with his father, and the wish is granted for a trial period. Mrinal Sen made this film for the Children's Film Society of India, based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore. This happens to be the only work by Tagore that he made into a film.

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