來自孟加拉Rahul離鄉背井往杜拜當建築師，之後奉命往加爾各答接手重建工作。回國後與為他離家的女友Paoli團聚，同時驚聞他的胞弟失心瘋失去影蹤，原來他只想躲在森林樹屋隱世。出生斯里蘭卡的影人維穆卡提．加亞桑德拉在2005年首作《眾神遺忘之地》和《超時空戰紀》（第七屆）表達的世界觀，在康城和威尼斯交鋒獲好評，新作《菌類生命》的社會觀呈現人多樣性複雜性，過度開發的城市讓人如腐生，無論活在都市或原野的寄生菌兄弟不斷噬食生命，這就是生命的意義。
Plot Summary:In a forest, near a border, a young Bengali and a European soldier attempt to get the better of one another. In Calcutta, Rahul, an architect who had gone off to build a career in Dubai, begins a huge construction site. He is reunited with his girlfriend, Paoli, who has long awaited his homecoming, living alone far from her family. Both set out to find Rahul's brother, who is said to have gone mad and who lives in the forest and sleeps in the trees.
