'Koozhangal' Is a Masterful Film About the Mutation of Misery The film, which won the top prize at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, unfolds as a day in the life of a village, where rains have evaporated, turning farmers into hunters. A still from Koozhangal. Film08/Feb/2021 A drunk man, a bleak village, a reluctant son â and a long journey to the wifeâs home, asking her to return. The first half on a local bus, the other half on foot â barefoot, in punishing heat, a journey that doesnât seem to end. The father and son barely talk; they walk, and walk, and walk some more. The setting, a hamlet in Tamil Nadu, resembles a desert: barren lands, despairing trees, stale trails. Vinothraj P.S.âs debut,