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An eight-year-old boy sitting by a river is flinging stones into it. Each stone represents a member of his family. "This is my father," he says looking at a stone, but hesitates throwing it. What follows is a stark and startling recount of some dark and traumatic moments of his life. With four minutes of an effective monologue, Kalvettu (inscribed in stone), as this Tamil film is titled, ends with a twist in the tale. The innocence in the boy's eyes fades and the pebble is vengefully crushed by a solid rock. Cut.
The film has been made...