《萨提》是一部由印度地区于1989年出品的剧情类电影。该片由Aparna Sen担任编剧,Aparna Sen亲自指导拍摄。主要演员包括Shabana Azmi、Arun Bannerjee、Kali Bannerjee、Pradip Mukherjee等印度著名影星。
The young Brahmin girl (Shabana Azmi) in this story has a disastrous horoscope. In an Indian village in 1828, this can be a real handicap. The fact that she is mute only compounds her difficulties. Her horoscope predicts that she will become a widow at an early age. If this turns out as predicted, in addition to being bad luck for her prospective hu*ands, it is bad luck for her, as she will, according to the customs of the time, h*e to commit suttee, sati. That means she will h*e to be burned alive on her hu*and's funeral pyre. To *oid this fate, her family has hit upon the appealing strategem of h*ing her marry a banyan tree.1989年第13届蒙特利尔国际电影节 评委会提及奖