I, POPPY
Vivek Chaudhary (Documentary Film I 82 min. I India, France I 2025).
Produced by: La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma, Unek Film.
Coproduction: Lyon Capitale TV.
World premiere: Hot Docs FF 2025 *Best International Feature
Festivals: 20+ selections: Busan IFF 2025 *Cinephile Award I Festival des 3 Continents Nantes I Doc NYC I Melbourne IFF I etc.
Opium poppy cultivation has given a low-caste mother social status and the financial means to educate her son. Their filial relationship is tested when the idealistic son leads an activist campaign against the corrupt Narcotics Bureau – which controls his mother’s opium cultivation license – and trouble begins.