Arunachalam listened, palms folded, and for a moment the radio’s music seemed to dip into the room like a tide. He remembered seeing the film decades ago, a print at a provincial cinema where the projector stuttered and the audience laughed in places the movie did not intend. He could have given the boy directions to a streaming site, typed out a search, recited the names of torrent trackers and invitation-only forums—paths that promised ease but led through a thicket of murky responsibility.