2026 | Bangladesh | Fiction

Roid

  • Bengali 109 mins
  • Director | Mejbaur Rahman Sumon
  • Writer | Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, Siddiq Ahamed, Sukorno Shahed Dhiman, Jaheen Faruque Amin
  • Producer | Mushfiqur Rahman Manzu, Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, Shimul Chandra Biswas, Tanveer Hossain, Tanveer Ahmed Shovon

STATUS: Completed

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Living in near isolation, a husband repeatedly attempts to break free from his volatile wife, to no avail. Mejbaur Rahman Sumon’s Roid examines desire and attachment with haunting, elemental imagery and compelling performances. Far from the nearest village, a couple lives in near isolation: a shy man and the benighted woman he has married. At times, she cannot control her emotions, and her outbursts become a threat to her husband’s life. Quietly, he begins plotting her removal, abandoning her in places she has never seen. Days after his first attempt, a fruit drops from the palmyra palm near their home, and his wife returns. Again and again, he tries to lose her, yet each time the fruit falls, and each time she comes back.

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