An old peasant accuses them of searching for an old famine and starting a new one in the process. There are other such acts of intrusion. Disturbed by the reflection of her own life in the film, Durga refuses to work for the unit any more. As the hostility grows, to secure their safety in the village, the unit decide to ask for police protection. But the village schoolmaster, a venerable old man, finally dissuades them and convinces them to go back to the city.
Silence descends as the film unit leave the village.
The widow of the old man stares desolately out of the window of the empty mansion, while Durga stands looking into her personal darkness. Her child will soon die, her husband will leave her. Only she will remain, a living face of famine in the world of 1980.