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In a remote corner of rural Bangladesh, tenant farmer Shadhu lives in near isolation with his wife, Sadhur Bou, a woman the surrounding village considers mad. Overwhelmed by her unpredictable behaviour, Shadhu begins secretly taking her far from home and leaving her behind. Yet every time he does, a fruit falls from the palmyra tree beside their shelter, and somehow, she returns.
Drawing on folk tale, religious allegory and the rhythms of rural life, Roid explores the complicated forces of desire and attachment that bind two people together, even as one struggles to break free. The landscape of monsoon-soaked Bangladesh becomes part of the story itself, creating a world that moves between the everyday and the mythic.
Directed by Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, whose previous film Hawa was Bangladesh’s submission for the Academy Awards, Roid is a haunting and visually rich story of marriage, resilience, defiance and return.
In a remote corner of rural Bangladesh, tenant farmer Shadhu lives in near isolation with his wife, Sadhur Bou, a woman the surrounding village considers mad. Overwhelmed by her unpredictable behaviour, Shadhu begins secretly taking her far from home and leaving her behind. Yet every time he does, a fruit falls from the palmyra tree beside their shelter, and somehow, she returns.
Drawing on folk tale, religious allegory and the rhythms of rural life, Roid explores the complicated forces of desire and attachment that bind two people together, even as one struggles to break free. The landscape of monsoon-soaked Bangladesh becomes part of the story itself, creating a world that moves between the everyday and the mythic.
Directed by Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, whose previous film Hawa was Bangladesh’s submission for the Academy Awards, Roid is a haunting and visually rich story of marriage, resilience, defiance and return.