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Rat-Trap
Rat-Trap
8.1
/10
91 Ratings

RAT-TRAP

എലിപ്പത്തായം | Elippathayam

Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
India, 1981
Drama

Synopsis

Set in rural Kerala, the story concerns Unni, the last male-heir of a feudal and decaying joint family. His inability to accept the socio-economic changes of a new society result in his gradual withdrawal into a metaphorical rat-trap sprung from his own isolation and paranoia.

Synopsis

Set in rural Kerala, the story concerns Unni, the last male-heir of a feudal and decaying joint family. His inability to accept the socio-economic changes of a new society result in his gradual withdrawal into a metaphorical rat-trap sprung from his own isolation and paranoia.