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Development - ENGLISH - Drama - 100 minutes

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CALORIE follows three generations of women whose present and past lives collide over the course of one fateful summer in India.

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  • Cannes 2019 (Line up)
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Year of production : 2020

Director(s) : Eisha MARJARA
Writer(s) : Eisha MARJARA
Producer(s) : Joe BALASS (COMPASS PRODUCTIONS)

Synopsis

MONIKA is a single mother who is fed up. Her 13 yr old ALIA is a calorie-obsessed girl whose life hangs in the balance. Her precocious 17 year old SIMI is a Lolita, wild and out of control. Monika believes cultural intervention is the answer. She sends her daughters to India for the summer hoping that connecting the girls to their “Punjabi roots” will inspire them to be good. But to the North American teens, India is a total culture shock and the girls are pissed.

They stay with their great aunt and uncle, GURDEEP and MOHAN in Amritsar, Punjab. Gradually, the old couple start to win over the girls with their gentle ways and eastern wisdom. Mohan sees through Alia’s obsession with calories and shows her who she truly is. Gurdeep is firm but tolerant, and she allows the girls to have fun. Meanwhile Monika confronts her own demons about being both a bad mother and a bad daughter.

When boy troubles push the sisters back into their rebellious ways, Monika is forced to join her daughters in India. Gurdeep brings in a guru hoping to cast away bad spirits that have taken hold. As the chaos mounts, Monika realizes that she must let her daughters be their own women, and in doing so, she finally frees herself from her guilt about her own mom and reconciles with her past.

110 minutes, colour, English
Written, directed by Eisha Marjara
Produced by Joe Balass

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Country(ies) : CANADA


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