Level Cross (Malayalam; 2024) Director: Arfaz Ayub https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27328373/ Thanks, SD, again, for the recommendation. This time around, it is a mind-bending psychological noir thriller quite atypical of what is often seen in most Indian movies. Minus the psychedelic multiple eye-catching costumes, ornaments and landscape, we land ourselves in a monochromatic desert-like location. It is set in a God-forsaken train crossing quite far from human civilisation. The gate at the crossing is manned by a single individual who stays in his quarters just by its side. There is no human contact for miles and miles away. His only conversation with the outside world is the phone call announcing the passing of the next train. Conversations on the telephone can only be made one way. The only excitement around there was the sound of the speeding train. One day, he finds a pretty unconscious woman in the form of Amala Paul stranded near the crossing, apparently after falling off a mov...
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