A sixty-ish man takes care of his ninety-ish mom. That’s seemingly the story of this function. But it surely’s actually about time standing nonetheless once we are misplaced in never-ending every day rituals. That’s the quick take. An extended assessment follows, and it might comprise spoilers.
The primary fifteen or so minutes of Prabhash Chandra’s Alaav (additionally referred to as Fireside and Residence) lay out the model of what’s to come back. For about 5 minutes, we see a sixty-ish man (Bhaveen Gossain) doing his riyaaz. The digicam, which is at all times static, is in an adjoining room, and we see Bhaveen via the connecting doorway. It’s a body inside a body. After which, for about ten minutes, or maybe much more, we see Bhaveen placing his ninety-something mom (Savitri Gossain) on a mattress and feeding her. He sits on the opposite facet of the mattress, consuming from a plate whereas additionally ensuring his mom eats. She coughs. He will get up and will get water. Time stands nonetheless and we’re diminished to a meditative, trance-like state, the place every thing turns into a ritual: consuming, taking out dentures, studying, wiping the ground, boiling some water, and even enabling a bowel motion. The home turns into a silent spectator, holding these two people and their every day lives.
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