Alicinte Anveshanam

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Alicinte Anweshanam
Alicinte Anweshanam film poster.jpg
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Directed by T. V. Chandran
Written byT. V. Chandran
Produced byT. V. Chandran
Starring Nilambur Balan
Jalaja
P. T. K. Mohamed
T. Ravindranath
Gangadharan Chemmangatt
Nedumudi Venu
CinematographySunny Joseph
Edited byVenugopal
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Alicinte Anveshanam (English: The Search of Alice) is a 1989 Malayalam-language film written and directed by T. V. Chandran.The story revolves around a woman named Alice(Jalaja) who goes in search of her missing husband.

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Plot

Set in northern Kerala, the film narrates the journey of Alice in search of her missing husband, a college lecturer. During her quest, she slowly discovers disturbing aspects of her husband, including his descent from his earlier radicalism into bourgeois degeneracy. In the end she gives up her search and decides to take responsibility for her own life.

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Awards

It was nominated for the Golden Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival in 1990. [1] It also won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film in 1990.

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