dinner scene

In a cafe somewhere, a solitary screenwriter battles frustration and self-doubt to craft the most dramatically juicy scene between a couple at dinner that she can; and we watch the characters she creates stop, re-start, and revise their way towards a thrilling dialogue.

A couple hosting another couple for a dinner feast in an upper middle class setup. The evening begins just like any other a simple get together. Tea, biscuits chit chat and some Bengali 'adda'. The dinner on the other hand turns out to be another affair. Trying to show off and pretend to appreciate the other couple we see what pans out in the course of their 3 course meal. The make believe world we create for ourselves and the price others pay for that.

An unexpected surprise awaits dinner guests.

A couple, grown apart, sits down for dinner.

An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young and old, regulars and tourists, married and single -- to dine, converse, argue, celebrate, make confessions; to overhear other people's discussions, to interrupt them, to sing, listen to music, and enjoy life. The camera, just like the people, moves constantly from table to table, into the kitchen and the back room to observe the staff's petty jealousies and frustrations -- until two hours later it's time for everybody to go home.