Roberto Rossellini flies to India in 1957 and shoots a poetic movie between dream and reality, captivating the mysteries of Indian society. A journey to India, from the metropolitan chaos of Benares to the small villages scattered around the inland. The film intertwines documentary sequences and short fiction tales depicting several male characters in different stages of their lives: an elephant guide getting married, a technician who has worked on the construction of the Irakud dam for seven years, an old farmer who lives a life of contemplation dedicated to saving a tiger, an lastly, a man with a little monkey who dies in the dry heat of the desert.
Roberto Rossellini flies to India in 1957 and shoots a poetic movie between dream and reality, captivating the mysteries of Indian society.
A journey to India, from the metropolitan chaos of Benares to the small villages scattered around the inland. The film intertwines documentary sequences and short fiction tales depicting several male characters in different stages of their lives: an elephant guide getting married, a technician who has worked on the construction of the Irakud dam for seven years, an old farmer who lives a life of contemplation dedicated to saving a tiger, an lastly, a man with a little monkey who dies in the dry heat of the desert.