Wire & Cloth
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Drama, Short Films, 09-May-2025
A young woman reflects on her youth in Queens during the early 90s. Swetha Regunathan directs “Wire & Cloth,” a second gen, coming-of-age account with the feeling of re-enacted memories aided by a meditative narration. Anika, the child of Indian immigrants, spends the day with her mother. The young girl has a wide-eyed outlook at life in the city despite her mother’s fluctuating headspace and struggle to find a job. When there’s an opportunity to house sit for a wealthy family friend and feed their fish, the ornaments of a lavish life offer an exciting, but ultimately distracting, impulse. The atmospheric score and cotton-candy hues of a 16mm grade serve this coming-of-age well, and the spoken reflection is poignant and endearing. -JM. Director: Swetha Regunathan. Cast: Samsara Leela Yett, Devika Bhise, Rebecca Hazlewood, Samrat Chakrabarti, Ajay Naidu. DP: Lorena Durán. Producers: Khaula Malik, Raj Trivedi. Costume Designer: Desira Pesta. Production Designer: Sadra Tehrani.
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