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WhatappearsatfirsttobeafairlyroutinedocumentaryaboutfemalesexworkersinanisolatedBangladeshicommunitygraduallyturnsintoanunflinching,near-Breughelianvisionofabrothelislandwhoseveryexistenceisthreatenedbyrisingsealevelsanddevastatingstorms.Fluidandpoisedcinematographyandediting,andanextraordinarycolourpaletteanchorGiovanniGiommi’sunforgettableandhumaneportraitoftheostracizedyetremarkablyspunkywomenandchildrenwhoendurethere.<br/> Banishantaisatinyisland—100metreslongandathirdaswide—offthecoastofSouthBangladesh.Women,drivenherebyhardshipand/orasearchforlove,areclearlyunawareoftheappallinglivingconditions.DirectorGiommilivedontheislandforsometime,gettingtoknowthewomenandthediversethemesinplay.Ashesays,"Thedifferentcharacterstookthefilmindifferentdirectionsandthisallowedmetoexplorethemessuchaslove,sadness,money,aswellastheloomingthreatofclimatechange…AllthesethingsimpactonthelivesoftheinhabitantsofBanishanta…"<br/> Thedirectorallowsthewomentospeakforthemselvesandwehearofboththeirplightsandtheirdreams.ThevillagehasitsownImamandcomescompletewithaschizophrenicwhoactsasapoeticprophetofdoomwithhispredictionsofafloodofbiblicalproportionsthatwillwashawaytheworld,afatethatsomeoftheinhabitantsappearpositivelytoseek.Ahumaneandmovingfilm.