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Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri’s movie ‘Santosh’, displaying within the ‘Un Sure Regard’ part, follows a newly widowed girl who inherits her husband’s job as a police constable. When a low-caste lady is discovered raped and murdered, the younger policewoman finds herself pulled into the tortuous investigation alongside a charismatic feminist inspector. In Cannes, Sandhya Suri talks to FRANCE 24 about compassionate appointment, violence towards ladies and Bollywood.