Kamakshi (Alice) : FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) Diploma Film

Описание: Kamakshi is 80-year-old Alice in Wonderland, in Maharashtrian
hinterland, sliding down the rabbit hole of human poverty and Nature's
politics.

Kamakshi is an un-chanted spell, epiphanic meditation evoked by water.
Explored through cyclic thirst and the grit of old age.

In the future, humans will have no right to water; the rivers, lakes,
rain, and oceans would be properties of corporations (they already are,
I guess). The incredulity of such a thought was the seed of this film.

I wanted to explore the concept of 'Samadhi' attained through ceaseless labor.

Also, animals and other life forms are quite important in my film
making style, so they are the crux of the water-less situation created
by us.

In today's climate of hatred and hoarding, the self-sacrifice of a
person can bless life with regeneration and hope.

Synopsis - short - An 80-year-old woman digs a well with her horse. In
her thirst induced delirium, a girl appears. As she goes deeper and
deeper, the water erupts making the desert green and quenching the
thirst of her horse.

Synopsis - long - End of the world water-less village. An 80-year-old
woman Kamakshi is a water-seller for travelers in a desert land.
Unable to travel far to collect water due to progressing age, she digs
her own well with the money saved/hidden in a boat left by oceans
before; near her house. As the villagers dig deeper and deeper the
money gets over and they leave. She goes down and digs the well for
days as her horse and ox look upon. In her delirium, a girl appears.
The water erupts and she takes 'Samadhi', making the desert green
and her horse quenches thirst as microbiological life begins
again...leading to the ocean.

IMDB synopsis:

Kamakshi, An 80-year-old Water-seller in a Dystopian Timeless Desert
land, digs a Well with her Horse-Kafka and Oxen-Huuri. The Ocean
resides in a Boat near her Den. As she goes deeper and deeper, the
Water erupts making the Desert Green.