Laggies: Lynn Shelton’s Film Blends a Coming-of-Age Story With a Quarter-Life Crisis
Laggies is a fantastic movie, filled with down-to-earth characters, transcendent themes, and witty comedy

School teacher Shankar Jagdale is newly transferred to the village without knowing that it's haunted by a ghost, and hasn't seen a marriage or a child birth in the entire decade gone by. While Shankar tries to get married to the girl he likes, he gets to know that the ghost is the reason behind the village's present situation, and also that the ghost has threatened to interfere and make a mockery of his marriage programs, if he doesn't get the ghost married before him.
Laggies is a fantastic movie, filled with down-to-earth characters, transcendent themes, and witty comedy
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