Unto the Dusk

(Asthamayam Vare)

1hr 46min  |  Malayalam  |  Drama

The film opens with a scene of the death of a young choir singer in a seminary,evidence pointing to necrophilia. The police suspects and tortures two students.What follows is a non-linear, fragmented, cinematic collection of images that travelback and forth in time in fine detail at times and just a suggestive glance at othertimes, thus assisting and obfuscating the viewer in his engagement with the film.Parental compulsion earlier forces the protagonist – one of the two suspects to theseminary, where while in pursuit of the path of St. Francis of Assissi, the anxiety,challenges, conflicts and the torment that accompany the process of growing up intoan adult, transforms him into a vengeful man. He leaves the seminary and starts on ajourney of self-discovery in which he travels far and wide, most often into the deepjungles. Spirituality, retribution and unexpected encounters with nature form thephilosophical backdrop of the film. The names of the characters are not mentionedand the time and space are left unspecified. The film has no background score.
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Synopsis

The film opens with a scene of the death of a young choir singer in a seminary,evidence pointing to necrophilia. The police suspects and tortures two students.What follows is a non-linear, fragmented, cinematic collection of images that travelback and forth in time in fine detail at times and just a suggestive glance at othertimes, thus assisting and obfuscating the viewer in his engagement with the film.Parental compulsion earlier forces the protagonist – one of the two suspects to theseminary, where while in pursuit of the path of St. Francis of Assissi, the anxiety,challenges, conflicts and the torment that accompany the process of growing up intoan adult, transforms him into a vengeful man. He leaves the seminary and starts on ajourney of self-discovery in which he travels far and wide, most often into the deepjungles. Spirituality, retribution and unexpected encounters with nature form thephilosophical backdrop of the film. The names of the characters are not mentionedand the time and space are left unspecified. The film has no background score.

Credits

director: Sajin Baabu

writer: Sajin Baabu

producer: Sajin Baabu

cast: Sanal Aman, Shilpa Kavalam, Joseph Mapilasery, Prakruthi Dutta Mukherji, Sakkir

Story: Sajin Baabu, Jose John

Co-Writer: Jose John

Executive Producer: Marie Adler

Co-Producer: Sheeja Mp

Cinematographer: Karthik Muthukumar

Editor: Karthik Jogesh

Art Director: J.B. Justin

Associate Sound Mixer: Vipin v Nair

Trailer Editor: Appu N. Bhattathiri

Asst. Editor: Finn George Modathara

Additional Editor Uncredited: Appu N. Bhattathiri

Lyricist: Sheeja Mp

Playback Singer: Jithin Raj