by Sean Hurley
synopsis
A landmark work of Indian feminism, Spices was made by famed filmmaker Ketan Mehta, featuring Smita Patel in the leading role. Patel, possibly the greatest actress of her generation, plays a woman who faces the oppressive realities of life as a woman in India. Spurning the advance of a corrupt tax collector, the heroine is forced to take refuge in a pepper factory. Spices is a Hindi film with English subtitles.
characteristics
- Only Human
- Avenge
- Retaliation
- Retribution
- Vendetta
- Revenge
- Vengeance
- Vigilante
- Women's-issues
- Women's-Liberation
- Seduction
- Sexual-harassment
- Tax-collector
- Struggle
- Seductress
