Bandit Queen (1994)
1994
Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / History
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Bandit Queen (1994)
1994
Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / History
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Plot summary
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phooland Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.