I was fortunate to see the preview of "Maadathy, an unfairy tale" directed by Leena Manimekalai. It is definitely one of the outstanding films in the recent days. Few words won't be sufficient to describe beauty of the film.
There are many layers in the film that provide abstraction of different themes. At a higher level, the story revolves around the hardships of a family that belongs to lower than the lowest caste. But the subtext shows the hierarchical caste society as a pyramid structure where the top layer suppresses and controls the next layer. Each layer sees next layer as a means to express its authority and release of emotions that it is deprived of by the top layer. Imagine a girl who is born in the lowest of that pyramid structure and the weight she needs to shoulder from all top layers of the pyramid. Does anyone care about her dreams? This is what the story is about and told with great visual aesthetics by the director Leena Manimekalai. At the end of the movie, a donkey is a witness to the horror and it carries the weight of the girl. It says a lot without need for any words.
For some reason, this movie reminds me of one of the greatest movies by the great director Robert Bresson, "Au Hasard Balthazar". One of his famous quote is "Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen." I think Leena Manimekalai achieved this through her film "Maadathy, an unfairy tale".
Congratulations to the entire film crew for such a realistic performance! You were part of something very special!