Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
3 Episodes
A living legend of Indian cinema, Adoor Gopalakrishnan is a major auteur whose psychologically penetrating films often take the form of parables or enigmas exploring the relationship between the individual and society—in particular the conditions of life in his home state of Kerala. Taking inspiration from the parallel cinema pioneered in Bengal by directors like Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, Gopalakrishnan brought a new seriousness to Malayalam-language filmmaking, helping make Kerala one of the most exciting centers of art cinema on the subcontinent. Working in a unique, minimalist yet poetic style and highly attuned to the impact of sound, silence, and color, he has made only twelve narrative features in a more than fifty-year career, yet each—including acknowledged masterpieces like RAT TRAP and MONOLOGUE—is the work of a consummate artist deeply committed to his own vision.
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1:34:04Episode 1Shadow Kill
Episode 1
Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan • 2002 • India
Starring Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Sukumari, NarainDirector Adoor Gopalakrishnan probes profound questions of justice, morality, and the very nature of human consciousness through a complex psychological portrait of Kaliyappan (Oduvil Unnikrishnan), an...
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Rat Trap
Episode 2
Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan • 1982 • India
Starring Karamana Janardanan Nair, Sarada, JalajaAdoor Gopalakrishnan’s international breakthrough is an intensely psychological portrait of Unni (Karamana Janardanan Nair), the last male heir of a declining aristocratic family in Kerala, whose in...
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Monologue
Episode 3
Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan • 1987 • India
Starring Ashokan, Mammootty, ShobanaA haunting psychological puzzle that continues to fascinate and unsettle, MONOLOGUE is one of director Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s most experimental and enigmatic works. Through an audacious, two-part narrative struc...
