Court

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Court

2015

1h 55m

Drama

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A social activist who uses folk music to spread his message is arrested, accused of inciting a sewage worker's suicide. Lawyers from both sides of the aisle, and the rote ideologies they represent, are scrutinized as the trial plays out.

Critics Consensus

Court takes a penetrating, timely look at issues facing Indian society while serving as an excellent calling card for debuting writer-director Chaitanya Tamhane.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

The film's semblance of casualness is winning. It seems to make itself up as it goes along. But this fly on this wall has keen eyes, keen hearing, a keen intelligence.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 28, 2016

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Just when you imagined that the courtroom drama had no particular place left to go, along comes Chaitanya Tamhane's fiendishly clever debut feature.

Rated: 5/5

Aug 8, 2016

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Sophie Monks Kaufman

Little White Lies

Perceptive and powerful.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 25, 2016

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Kong Rithdee

Bangkok Post

[It] speaks to us with range and depth...realistic, moving, humanist portraits of (pre-pandemic) India.

May 17, 2021

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Kanishk Devgan

Film Companion

Chaitanya Tamhane's directorial feature debut (which he wrote too), proved to be a silent, observational, and devastating film.

Mar 29, 2021

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Dustin Chang

Floating World

All the performances are stellar, considering many of them are non-actors. In the heart of it all is Vira Sathida. A real life activist, his rhythmic, infectious, biting songs come to life whenever he performs. I would love to see him perform for hours.

Feb 14, 2021

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SAR

Interesting to learn about India and its people in every day life and seeing that injustices are everywhere.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/21

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Audience Member

Some of the scenes are way too long. It needs some serious editing.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

This movie is a sad reality of this country, everything that it shows is real and it is present as it is, also the movie will need your attention inorder for you to understand, you must have a conscience to understand the message of the movie also you must have a knowledge about what is actually going on this country since a very long time, the movie is silently screaming the wrong in our society and also what needs to be done inorder to change the unfortunate reality of many. As a nation we are doing injustice to the depressed section of the society and are punishing who are trying to wake us up.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

I was walking past the mental hospital the other day, and all the patients were shouting, '13….13….13.' The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a little gap in the planks, so I looked through to see what was going on. Some idiot poked me in the eye with a stick! Then they all started shouting, '14….14….14.'

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Inteligente, hermosa y honesta. Court de su joven director Chaitanya Tamhane es una pelicula hipnotica, con escenas que representan el contexto de india, al ver películas de este tipo que nos invitan a ver la realidad de los diferentes sistemas que componen un país, creo que es una de las mejores formas de conocer el mismo, el ver el deficiente sistema judicial y el fanatismo de creencias para mi como mexicano me llega a poner a reflexionar las grandes similitudes. La película a excepción de una toma, todo esta hecho con cámara estática y observar las escenas musicales es simplemente poesía dura y envolvente, en definitiva espero ver muchísimo mas de este director.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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nefasto r

Sorry, I found it cold and detached and I gave up halfway through. It just didn't take me. Maybe is just my fault and the movie is great. Finish it and let me know, would you?

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

A social activist who uses folk music to spread his message is arrested, accused of inciting a sewage worker's suicide. Lawyers from both sides of the aisle, and the rote ideologies they represent, are scrutinized as the trial plays out.

Director: Chaitanya Tamhane
Producer: Vivek Gomber
Screenwriter: Chaitanya Tamhane
Distributor: Zeitgeist Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Marathi
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 15, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 14, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.5K
Runtime: 1h 55m

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