Private Project

Act of Contrition

Merin, a practicing catholic is about to receive the sacrament of confession from Father Jose, a conservative head priest of the church from a small town in Kerala, India. Father Jose pushes the confession beyond the boundaries of conventionality and reason, leaving Merin in a state of abyss.

  • Anup Abraham Parackal
    Director
  • Anup Abraham Parackal
    Writer
  • Rohit Patidar
    Producer
  • Anup Abraham Parackal
    Producer
  • Sreethu MS
    Key Cast
    "Merin"
  • Nandakumar
    Key Cast
    "Father Jose"
  • Appu Soman
    Key Cast
    "Parish Member"
  • Laksh Banthia
    Cinematographer
  • Anando Sakhare
    Sound Design
  • Srishti Garg
    Art & Production Design
  • Sneha Malakar
    Art & Production Design
  • Putul Mahmood
    Script Consultant
  • Arastu Zakia
    Script Consultant
  • Ravi Kumar
    Sound Recordist
  • Sudipta Barai
    Sound Recordist
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Anuthaapathinte Pravruthi
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 23 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 5, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    150 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Malayalam
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital Sony FS7
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute
Director Biography - Anup Abraham Parackal

An early memory of Anup, growing up in a cramped one room apartment, was to wait for his father during weekends who always managed to rent VCR cassettes of latest movies. In the midst of financial struggle, it is possible that movies gave hope, some intangible sense of wonder. From then on, Anup completed his masters and after working for 5 years, decided to quit his job and join a film school - Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute and is currently training to be a Director & Screenplay Writer.

Anup's first project is a small short film, his reflection on the confession problems that sometimes plague the church and it's members in Kerala.

The second short film (work-in-progress) is a coming-of-age story of a 10-year-old Michael, the son of a driver, whose goal is to somehow distribute expensive chocolates to his school classmates on his birthday.

Anup has also co-written a 30-minute short film – RIHA. In the film the protagonist, Zoya Diwan, a Muslim woman and her 8-year-old son are stuck in an abusive marriage with the Father Mirza Diwan, when she gets sought out for help by Ayesha - a victim of Triple Talaq (a practice of a Muslim man saying 'Divorce, divorce, divorce' thrice resulting in an instant, verbal, unilateral divorce).

Apart from this Anup is currently involved as a researcher in a film in the writing stage, set in pre-independent British occupied India, about the revolutionary activities of the organization - Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.

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