A Matter Of Time

Plot

Set in present day Karnataka, is narrated in the individual voices of the characters. One day, Sumi’s husband Gopal walks out on her and their three daughters, without offering any kind of explanation. Surprisingly, the wife too doesn't even ask him for a reason and this unsettles the young girls. Sumi takes her daughters, Aru, Charu and Seema, to her ancestral house. Her parents, Kalyani and Shripati, live together but have not spoken to each other for more than three decades. Gradually, the mystery behind the strange and oppressive silence is unveiled. Kalyani finally starts to open up as her relationships with her daughter and granddaughters deepen. Meanwhile, eighteen-year-old Aru is convinced that she is the reason because her father deserted the family. The pain of a broken home causes turbulence in her life. She struggles to understand why her mother did not stop Gopal from leaving.