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Second Chance

Proxima Competition 2024 / Second Chance / India 2024

Second Chance Second Chance

Synopsis

Desolate after experiencing a traumatic incident, Nia travels to the family's summer retreat amid the snow-covered Himalayas in order to regain her strength. There she finds the company of the caretaker’s mother-in-law, Bhemi, and her grandson, Sunny. Irrespective of their differing ages, social background and their ideas of happiness, a surprisingly strong bond develops between them, which cannot be broken, not even by the arrival of someone who drives Nia straight back into her trauma. This visually mesmerising film offers an authentic and vivid depiction of the process of coping with female pain and demonstrates that a second chance might emerge where we least expect it.

Natalia Kozáková

About the film

104 min / Black & white, DCP
World premiere

Director Subhadra Mahajan / Screenplay Subhadra Mahajan / Dir. of Photography Swapnil Suhas Sonawane / Sound Anirban Borthakur / Editor Tinni Mitra / Art Director Namra Parikh / Producer Shyam Bora / Production Metanormal Motion Pictures / Coproduction Latent Pictures, Bridge PostWorks, Moonweave Studios / Cast Dheera Johnson, Thakri Devi, Kanav Thakur / Sales Diversion / Contact Marijana Harder

About the director

Subhadra Mahajan

Subhadra Mahajan (Himachal Pradesh, India). Filmography: Second Chance (2024).

Contacts

Diversion
220/4 Soi Ladprao 42, Lane 4-1, 10310, Bangkok
Thailand
E-mail: [email protected]

Publicity contact

Marijana Harder
Phone: +491 777 942 871
E-mail: [email protected]

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Guests

Subhadra Mahajan
Film Director

Dheera Chakkamadam
Actress

Swapnil Suhas Sonawane
Director of Photography, Executive Producer

Namra Parikh
Production Designer

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