Sakina said to her sister-in-law Hina, "The house won't suffocate you, they will protect you. After all, since her husband disappeared eight years ago, Hina has been living a life without a sense of achievement, living under the same roof, constrained by the fanatical and visually impaired orthodoxy of Sakina. But when Hina was attracted by the call of the forest, fell into the lake, and was rescued by a charming young photographer, she began to hold hope again. Pakistani filmmaker Sarmad Khoosat's" Kamli "developed this simple, fairy tale like premise into a touching romantic plotline, exploring tradition. The role of shaping women's fears and desires. In the emotional economy of movies, happiness becomes a zero sum game dominated by religion. Kamli constantly deals with completely different emotions, which makes us both cheer for Hina's search for love and understand that Sakina's cruelty is a product of deep-rooted insecurity. This movie draws energy from the idioms of realism drama and Bollywood musicals, balancing the two and preventing the movie from falling into coldness or frivolity. Charming song interludes help to stylize emotions and control them through a story based on everyday reality. Kamli's filming is very elegant, with a particular emphasis on fabrics, providing an outstanding work from a less representative region in the movie. Derived from: https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/kamli