The Adversary

The Adversary

Man vs. Metropolis

1970110 min7.3 / 10

A melancholic, socially conscious portrait of a young man's struggle against systemic unemployment and societal indifference in post-colonial Calcutta.

Siddhartho Chowdhury, a brilliant young medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his father's sudden demise. He is forced to navigate the high unemployment rate and the communist socio-political climate of 1960s Calcutta in search of a job.

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