To Kill a Tiger

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To Kill a Tiger

2023

2h 5m

Documentary

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In a small Indian village, Ranjit wakes up to find that his 13-year-old daughter has not returned from a family wedding. A few hours later, she's found stumbling home. After being abducted into the woods, she was sexually assaulted by three men. Ranjit goes to the police, and the men are arrested. But Ranjit's relief is short-lived, as the villagers and their leaders launch a sustained campaign to force the family to drop the charges. A cinematic documentary, To Kill a Tiger follows Ranjit's uphill battle to find justice for his child. In India, where a rape is reported every 20 minutes and conviction rates are less than 30 percent, Ranjit's decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of. With tremendous access, we witness the emotional journey of an ordinary man facing extraordinary circumstances. A father whose love for his daughter forces a social reckoning that will reverberate for years to come.

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To Kill a Tiger documents a harrowing reality in rural India, but its defiance is simultaneously hopeful and empowering.

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Linda Holmes

NPR

02/29/2024

The use of color, light, and composition can be overlooked in considerations of documentary filmmaking when the themes are this powerful, but they are hard to miss here.

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Siddhant Adlakha

Variety

12/30/2023

A heavy but necessary work about the legalese and cultural attitudes surrounding sexual violence in rural India.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

11/29/2023

A very well-made, good-looking film.

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Ishita Sengupta

The Federal

04/08/2024

In the documentary, Canadian filmmaker Nisha Pahuja’s colonial gaze is bent on tailoring a narrative that would be more appealing to the West

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

03/26/2024

The film paints a picture of an openly abusive and misogynist society where men are never blamed for their terrible acts and blame is casually laid at the feet of female victims.

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Monica Reid

Far Out Magazine

03/22/2024

4/5

Director Pahuja deftly captures both the mounting tension in the community and the perceived hopelessness of legal action and the warmth and support offered to young Kiran, especially by her father.

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A T

@RT00350258 01/06/2025

Its a bad look to do sexual assault stories and have your executive producer being someone who openly admits to sexual assault without repercussions. Mindy reminds me of my ex and it's disgusting that she's so widely accepted. Abuse is still abuse, even when the perpetrator is a woman or the victim is a man.

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Maia S

@RT59247720 12/13/2024

An inspiring story of fatherly love and defiance of cultural norms. The strength of the daughter and her fighting spirit is amazing. It reveals finding justice can be painful, but worth it in the end.

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Tom F

@RT55173143 11/16/2024

A powerful story, not especially well presented.

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Rosana B

@RosanaBotafogo 07/27/2024

A introdução inicial já deixou meu coração pequenininho, e o depoimento inicial do pai, doí tanto. Um documentário dolorido, os homens, e mulheres também, não todos, mas imensa maioria, pensam que se uma mulher é estrupada, ela provocou, e se casar com ele, resolve tudo, a honra, corrige o "erro" dos "meninos" enojante. Revoltante, profundamente dolorido, só as mulheres que sofreram algum tipo de abuso, como nós, conseguem mensurar, esse pai foi amoroso e valente, essa menina determinada e corajosa

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Georgan G

@RT98616417 04/23/2024

Wonderful lesson about how law & justice can conflict with culture & local community. This brave family helped so many by sharing their struggle.

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Mary F

@RT77037399 04/02/2024

Exactly how things were in America 50 years ago. India is not so different from the world I grew up in. A movie that hit me hard.

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Synopsis

In a small Indian village, Ranjit wakes up to find that his 13-year-old daughter has not returned from a family wedding. A few hours later, she's found stumbling home. After being abducted into the woods, she was sexually assaulted by three men. Ranjit goes to the police, and the men are arrested. But Ranjit's relief is short-lived, as the villagers and their leaders launch a sustained campaign to force the family to drop the charges. A cinematic documentary, To Kill a Tiger follows Ranjit's uphill battle to find justice for his child. In India, where a rape is reported every 20 minutes and conviction rates are less than 30 percent, Ranjit's decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of. With tremendous access, we witness the emotional journey of an ordinary man facing extraordinary circumstances. A father whose love for his daughter forces a social reckoning that will reverberate for years to come.

Director: Nisha Pahuja
Producer: Nisha Pahuja, David Oppenheim, Cornelia Principe
Screenwriter: Nisha Pahuja
Distributor: Notice Pictures
Production Co: Notice Pictures, AC Films, National Film Board of Canada (NFB), ShivHans Pictures, Minor Realm
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 20, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 2h 5m

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