The Slow Man and His Raft

Synopsis

Set in rural Bengal, Pradipta Bhattacharyya’s contemplative drama about the human condition, The Slow Man and His Raft, centres on Nadhar, a motion-impaired, middle-aged man, “slower than a sloth”, who is swept into a touring circus following the death of his caregiving mother. Nadhar is something of a relic, a slow man stranded in a frantic, productive society. For those around him, his slowness can at best serve as a derisory spectacle. An expansive meditation on human nature, slowness and being profoundly out of step with the world.

CAST

Pradipta Bhattacharyya

Director

Amit Saha

Nadhar

Ritwick Chakraborty

Haradhan

Priyanka Sarkar

Shyama

Aparajita Ghosh Das

Haradhan’s wife

Satakshi Nandy

Rupa

Sayan Ghosh

Rahman

Soham Maitra

Cast

Kaushik Roy

Cast

Chanchal Kundu

Cast

Basudeb Haldar

Cast

Pradipta Bhattacharyya

Director

Amit Saha

Nadhar

Ritwick Chakraborty

Haradhan

Priyanka Sarkar

Shyama

Aparajita Ghosh Das

Haradhan’s wife

Satakshi Nandy

Rupa

Sayan Ghosh

Rahman

Soham Maitra

Cast

Kaushik Roy

Cast

Chanchal Kundu

Cast

Basudeb Haldar

Cast

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