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Still, I walked out appreciating the director’s determination to not opt for easy happy endings. At this point, he’s better at character development than plot development — but that’s no small thing. And individual scenes are directed very well. Note the stretch where Lakshmi gathers some guts and calls a man who said he liked her. She steps out of the house. She dials his number. He doesn’t pick up. She goes back inside. Then he notices the missed call. He calls. Over the sound of the ringing phone, we see her scurrying out again. It’s like a little dance of life.