55 Km/sec is a love story set on the last day of planet Earth. A cataclysmic event has occurred, life as we knew it is ending, and people have retreated into their shells as they wait for the end of the world.
Two large rocks are about to crash into each other and compared to that human life in all its complexity seems so fragile and pointless. Not knowing what’s coming next, people repeat their habits from the before-times, go to the grocery store, pack their bags like they are going somewhere, try to find what shelter and safety they can, say their goodbyes and begin the countdown to the end.
In the last moments before the world’s end, Suraj does something he could never do his entire life. He tells Srishthi he loves her and he closes his eyes and waits. But miraculously, there is a reprieve. Time freezes for them. And there is just enough time for the meet-cute date they never had, they can say the things they never said to each other and be there for each other on the hardest day of their lives.
Shot during the COVID-19 Pandemic lockdown in India using personal cameras and recording equipments, the film now seems like a snapshot of a time when the entire world was facing unfathomable, terrifying events, and people were vulnerable and scared, stoic and lonely. And all of it comes out in this film, in every performance and every shot of an empty city-scape that looks more like the Moon than Mumbai. Technology allowed people to communicate even though they couldn’t meet, and it allowed this strange, quirky, weird and wonderful film to exist.
Негізгі бет Ойын-сауық 55 km per sec | Richa Chadha, Mrinal Dutt | Directed By Arati Kadav
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