The fields that once sustained Arittapatti village have perished from a long drought. All that's left is parched desert without trees to screen the land from the sun. Since farm work is virtually non-existent, locals must cross this harsh terrain to jobs in the surrounding towns. P.S. Vinothraj's Tiger Award-winning Pebbles, follows a barefoot father and son as they travail this desert in rural Tamil Nandu. A day drunk Ganapathy (Karuththadaiyaan) plucks his son (Chellapandi) from class and imme...
"Everybody Had to Work Barefoot": P.S. Vinothraj on His Tiger-Award Winning Pebbles
Filmmaker Magazine - 10 Feb 2021 23:13
The fields that once sustained Arittapatti village have perished from a long drought. All that's left is parched desert without trees to screen the land from the sun. Since farm work is virtually non-existent, locals must cross this harsh terrain to jobs in the surrounding towns. P.S. Vinothraj's Tiger Award-winning Pebbles, follows a barefoot father and son as they travail this desert in rural Tamil Nandu. A day drunk Ganapathy (Karuththadaiyaan) plucks his son (Chellapandi) from class and imme...
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