Matti Ke Lal, fils de la terre
Synopsis
In India, in a district of Old Delhi, a man leads a retentless day-to-day struggle against History, against his times, against human weaknesses, and also against God. Guru Hanuman Ji has chosen to offer up his life to his country and its children. Having founded a school for street urchins, he not only teaches them kushti, a traditional form of combat fought in a ring of mud, but also man's daily struggle against his destiny. A meeting with this 98-year-old-man, born at the beginning of the century and nourished on the ideas of liberation and independence: a living legend of struggle in India.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
- Film exports/foreign sales : Les Écrans du Large
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : François Barat
- Director of Photography : Dominique Defert
- Music Composer : Shyamal Maïtra
- Editor : Élisabeth Leuvrey
- Sound recordist : Élisabeth Leuvrey
- Producer : Élisabeth Leuvrey
- Production Manager : Reza Nasrollahi
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : Hindi
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1998
- Runtime : 20 min
- Visa number : 93.384
- Visa issue date : 01/02/2013
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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