DENGUE

By Prantik BASU

RIVERINE FILMS - as PROD / FIN

Drama - Development 2022

Love story. During a sudden summer rain, an unexpected friendship blossoms between a migrant worker and a medical student in the suburbs of Calcutta. But their relation is soon put to test by the fear of a fatal virus.

Festivals
& Awards

Rotterdam IFFR 2018
Hubert Bals Fund
Film Bazaar India - Goa 2020
Co-production Market
Cannes 2021
Marché du Film - Co-production
FICUNAM 2021
Catapulta Lab
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Drama, LGBT, Romance
    • Countries
    • INDIA
    • Languages
    • BENGALI, ENGLISH, HINDI
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Prantik BASU
    • Synopsis
    • During a sudden summer rain in Kolkata (India), a young migrant worker named Nepal gives refuge to Sunny, a medical student, by offering him his room to stay. While the narrow suburban roads get flooded and soon become a breeding ground for mosquitoes that carry a tropical virus, a feverish romance unfolds between the two men.