As India, the world"s largest democracy, braces itself for another general election- with 9 million polling booths, more than 800 million voters, and costing nearly $5 billion -- Newton Kumar, a rookie government clerk finds himself entrusted with a task that appears deceptively simple: conducting elections in a remote village in the jungles of central India. The bushes teem with Communist guerrillas, who have been waging a decades old war against the state, even as the indigenous tribals live without any access to mainland amenities. Conducting "free and fair" elections in a minefield like this is no child"s play, as Newton learns over the course of this eventful day. Unfazed with the cynicism and danger all around him, Newton is determined to do his duty. But, as they say in the jungle, "The more things change, the worse they will get".

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·#柏林电影节# 不用唱歌跳舞，印度电影也能讲一个好故事！一部讨论“民主的细节”、关于坚守政治理想的政治喜剧，角色生动，台词幽默，前半部分略有疲软，后半部分渐入佳境。 一部有担当、有情怀的电影。
·我看过最质朴的印度片！欧美独立电影的风格。没有以往的夸张，也说不上讽刺，更像是纪实，甚至没什么戏剧冲突，就是简单记录一次边缘基层投票的经历，以小见大，借一腔热血的青年，纵观民主选举制度的局限性和实行的难度。中段颇无聊。作为“申奥片”除了揭露赤裸裸现实的同时还承担起文化输出的职能。
·满有趣味却不失残酷，切入点也很踏实，个人觉得整体平衡找得不错~要说差什么，大约是，野心太小。。。印度人民拍竞选是真的很着道的感觉~对了，还有音乐好听，想要OST~
·【印度】这个故事、这类题材感觉拍个两小时半都不是问题...感谢没有拍的那么长。非常细致的切入点，把政治讽刺、选举以及思潮对抗都通过一个小小的故事和一个典型的人物来表达出来--而没有去画蛇添足的包含更多东西了。男主把这个小人物演得不错，虽然结尾了，但是我竟然还想看Newton更多的故事。