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In a series of small portraits, Gianfranco Rosi depicts life on and along the banks of the Ganges River. The director’s first film documents the boat trip he took along India’s sacred river with his helmsman, Gopal.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 74GoodWatch 71
IMDb7.4
Running time
55 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −41 min on the typical 96
typical 9655Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1994
January 20, 1994
32 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Italian
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishHindiMade in
Italy
Directing · 1
- Gianfranco Rosi Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Sound
Editing · 1
- Jacopo Quadri Editor
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