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Guerrilla (2011)
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Original name: গেরিলা
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Bilkis Banu lost her husband Hasan on the night of 25th March 1971. She tries to forget him and concentrate on the urban guerrilla movements of Dhaka with Altaf Mahmud, Shahadat, Mrs Khan and many more. But when spies and the razakars inform them, most of their people get arrested and Bilkis has to run for her life, towards her village.
Style:
bleak, emotional, political, tense, grim, art house, period drama
Plot:
bangladesh liberation war, brutality, nationalism, sacrifice, resistance, guerilla warfare, oppression, realism, underground movement, survival, escape, betrayal, espionage, memory, occupation, patriotism, female protagonist, grief, urban, loss, informant, mourning, trauma, rape, militant ...
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