Darkness of Summer(2024)
“Darkness of Summer” depicts the rich ethnographic culture of India’s Irula tribe. It also brings to light their vulnerability and how they easily get trapped into the system of bonded labour and other social evils. the film brings these out through the journey of a newly married couple and the hardships and atrocities that they face because of a brick kiln owner under whom the man works.
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- Theatrical Release
- 20 April 2024
- Director
- Kutti Revathi
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
Storyline
A newly married couple from the Irula tribe struggles with hardship. The husband works for a brick kiln owner, who subjects them to cruelty and forces them into bonded labor. Their journey reveals the tribe's vulnerability to this exploitation.
“A love tested by debt and fire.”
Film Details
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Trivia
- The film was shot on location in Tamil Nadu's Irula tribal settlements to capture authentic daily life.
- Director Kutti Revathi spent months living with the Irula community before writing the script.
- Most actors in the film are non-professionals from the Irula tribe, not trained Bollywood performers.
- The movie's dialogue includes the Irula language, a Dravidian dialect rarely heard in Hindi cinema.
- It was independently funded and had a limited theatrical release, focusing mainly on film festivals.
- The brick kiln scenes were filmed at a real, functioning kiln with permission from local workers.
- The film's soundtrack uses traditional Irula folk instruments like the tharai and bamboo flute.