Teaser: 2018 Venice Intl. Film Critics’ Week Opener Tumbbad

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If Stephen Chow can mix martial arts with football, then perhaps Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad‘s Tumbadd can mix fantasy with folklore and a whole lot of extra trimmings on the side. The 19th century epic opens the Venice Intl. Film Critics’ Week. We;ll be reviewing the film out of the Lido. Here is the teaser and synopsis.

India – on the outskirts of a decrepit village called Tumbbad lives Vinayak, the stubborn, conniving bastard son of the village lord, obsessed with a mythical ancestral treasure. He suspects the secret lies with his great grandmother, a cursed witch sleeping for centuries. Confronting her finally puts him face to face with the guardian of the treasure, an evil fallen god. What starts with a few gold coins, quickly spirals into a reckless, perpetual yearning, spanning decades. Vinayak’s greed keeps escalating till he unearths the biggest secret of all, something more.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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