KHARIJ
(aka THE CASE IS CLOSED)
dir. Mrinal Sen, 1982
India, 99 min.
In Hindi with English subtitles.

MONDAY MARCH 11 – 10 PM
SATURDAY MARCH 16 – 7:30 PM
TUESDAY MARCH 26 – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY MARCH 30 – 7:30 PM (Q AND A with writer UDAYAN GUPTA)

A bourgeois couple hires a twelve-year-old boy from a desperately poor background to do household chores. During a cold spell, he dies in his sleep while barricaded in the kitchen. This tragic incident is beyond the emotional and practical abilities of the young couple, and they bumble through doctor’s reports, police investigations, and legal advice. The collective lack of care for the young boy is apparent, yet the blame is bounced around between the husband, the wife, and the landlord.
“All of us are at fault universally… we try to set aside the truth with these \\[law\\] books”, says a lawyer friend of the family. The law protects the middle class couple, however they must live with the guilt for the way they live in the world.