That Girl in Yellow Boots
2011 · Directed by Anurag Kashyap
Original language: Hindi
- crime
- drama
- mystery
- thriller
The story
An Anglo-Indian woman works in a seedy Mumbai massage parlor while trying to find her long-lost father.
What it’s like
Handheld, restless camera that stays close to its heroine as she moves through the crowded lanes, hotel corridors and dim back rooms of Mumbai, with the city rendered in sweaty tungsten, sodium-yellow streetlight and the cold blue of pre-dawn. The palette is grimy and saturated, the sound a dense layer of traffic, Hindi and English voices, and sudden silences that feel like held breath. Pacing is unhurried in the quiet passages and abruptly jagged when violence or menace breaks in. Its vibe is gritty, melancholic and unsettled, a noir-tinged search for belonging. Intensity is high: sexual content and exploitation are present throughout, abuse is depicted and discussed, and there are brutal bursts of violence and gangland threat that land hard rather than lingering as gore. Not suited to anyone wanting something gentle. Best for viewers who like urban crime dramas with raw performances, such as Kalki Koechlin's, and who can sit with bleak, morally tangled characters trying to build a life out of wreckage.
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