6.6 / 10
(51 votes)
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phooland Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.
India,
United Kingdom
Drama,
Crime,
Action,
Western,
History
119 minutes
1995
Shekhar Kapur
Kaleidoscope Productions,
Kaleidoscope Entertainment,
Film4 Productions
2003
7.0
1954
8.5
2005
7.0
2023
7.2
1947
5.0
1989
7.2
1999
7.7
2002
8.4
1993
8.6
2004
6.4
2001
7.9
1955
7.4
1956
7.2
1957
7.2
2000
7.4
1991
7.0
1959
0.0
2020
5.0
1981
6.0
2014
6.8