Arthur de Fonseca, fifty-eight, pursues the affections of village beauty Chanchala, twenty-three, in the small settlement of Kalabola—but who is really manipulating whom? When Covid strikes the village, chaos erupts as residents search for a miraculous cure, with the wealthy even bathing their dogs in the sought-after elixir while the poor queue for hours. Through this darkly comedic ensemble tale, the true protagonist emerges: Karma itself, testing whether the villagers will master their fate or be mastered by it.
