Suffering Is Optional
Suffering Is Optional
English. Directed by Zarrar Kahn.
A 20-year-old drama student is cast in the lead role of an India-set adaptation of “Hamlet.” Pushed by an exacting director to pour her grief into the performance, she is simultaneously visited by the ghost of her deceased partner, who carries an impending climate prophecy. Torn between artistic ambition and institutional abuse, she must find a way to contend with both.
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Who directed Suffering Is Optional?
Suffering Is Optional was directed by Zarrar Kahn and stars Iman Vellani.