A Rifle and a Bag

Somi is pregnant with her second child A girl she hopes Together with her husband she prepares for this new phase of their parenthood It means that their son has to go to school but as an exNaxalite that is tough to achieve in contemporary India where people like them are thirdrate citizens They lack the certificates and an opaque bureaucratic process doesnt help Directors Isabella Rinaldi Cristina Hanes and Arya Rothe of the NoCut Film Collective concentrate on Somis close family ties painting a portrait of exNaxalites in India Once Somi and her husband were communist rebels fighting for the rights of Indian tribes However to safeguard their familys welfare they surrendered to the government in exchange for marginal compensation and simple accommodation