Recently we also watched The Terrorist. It’s a chilling tale of a young woman who is chosen to be a suicide boomer. Given the state of the world it really is amazing to see, from her point of view, what goes through the head of these people.

In the film you learn about Malli (played wonderfully by Ayesha Dharker) and her life as a freedom fighter. The film doesn’t get into the specifics of the politics or why she is fighting, only that she believes she is fighting on the good side. You live through her experiences and see the horrors she’s seen. You see lots of rain. Lots of it. Director Santosh Sivan (who also wrote and produced it) loves the rain, and uses it and water many times in the film. The way he uses it to express the different emotions is really astounding.

If you can deal with sub-titles and are in the mood for a wonderful movie I’d highly recommend this one. If you can’t deal with sub-titles I’d still recommend it, you forget about the very quickly.