The pic also made history this evening.
Kapadia is the first female Indian filmmaker to screen a movie in the Cannes competition.
At the same time, her film is the first Indian production in competition in three decades.
Ranabir Das, Julien Graff, Hridhu Haroon, Chhaya Kadam, Divya Prabha, Payal Kapadia, Kani Kusruti, Zico Maitra and Thomas Hakim.Kristy Sparow/Getty Images
The story opens as Prabhas daily routine is broken when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband.
Meanwhile, Anu tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.
A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.
India is a country that makes a lot of good films.
Not just Bollywood but every state has its industry and there are absolutely brilliant filmmakers, Kapadia told us.
I hope that after this we wont have to wait another 30 years.
Check out the full interviewhere.
TheCannes Film Festivalends Saturday.
