The Fable (2024)
1h 59m
Running Time
February 16, 2024Release Date
The Fable (2024)
1h 59m
Running Time
February 16, 2024Release Date
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Plot.
Spring 1989. High up in the Indian Himalayas, where even the birds fly low to avoid getting lost in the clouds, the soft-spoken Dev owns a sprawling estate of several orchards and lives in a colonial-style house with his family. He spends a lot of his time building human-sized wings which he puts on to take a quick morning flight over his land. One day, while walking through the estate, he discovers a single burnt apple tree. A few days later, more trees are burnt. Dev and his manager monitor the workers on the plantations and this leads to unrest. A group of nomads comes under suspicion and a corrupt police officer gets involved, while loyal men camp out in the orchards to keep a vigilant watch at night. Despite all these measures, a massive fire breaks out a week later and engulfs an entire mountainside of trees. In his search for the culprit, Dev resorts to armed violence. The slow burning of the orchards forces him to face the truth about himself and his family.
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Cast & Crew.
Manoj Bajpayee
Dev
Priyanka Bose
Nandini
Deepak Dobriyal
Mohan
Tillotama Shome
Radha
Hiral Sidhu
Vanya
Awan Pookot
Juju
Viking
Colonel Bopanna
Ravi Bisht
Keshav
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The Fable is a 2024 film directed by Raam Reddy, starring Manoj Bajpayee, Hiral Sidhu, Priyanka Bose, Tillotama Shome, Awan Pookot and Deepak Dobriyal. Like Thithi (2016), it is an Indian-American co-production, jointly produced by Pratap Reddy and Sunmin Park, under Prspctvs Productions and Maxmedia, respectively.
The film premiered at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 2024. It will compete in the festival's Encounters segment, which features 14 other titles from around the globe. It is only the second Indian film in the last 30 years to premiere in one of the key competitive sections of the Berlin International Film Festival. The film was shot in 16mm.