One Side of the Road
A tv programme
Directed by
Produced by
Production year2023
Programme formatMini-series
GenresDocumentary
Runtime
2x86'
Nombre de saisons1
Synopsis
A road runs through a village in Tamil Nadu, in southern India. This road is a frontier that divides habitats, and it is a gateway to a wider world, the nearby industrial city, a possible route to emancipation for some, but a means of enslaving others through the spatial segregation of castes in these rural areas of southern India. Between 2019 and 2022, four dalits (former ‘untouchables’) reveal their ongoing struggle to survive: over-indebtedness, poor working conditions in the sugar cane fields and brick factories, domestic and social violence, discrimination and political unrest.
These four characters from the same village, with their destinies intertwined, describe their daily lives through intimate and rare testimonies, which form a life journey around three extraordinary years marked by an international pandemic and its harsh economic and social consequences in rural India. These voices carry the stories of countless others. Fragile lives on one side, the road is a partition of territory that emancipates, segregates and brings together all at once.
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Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Butternut Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Script Line
Full credits (1)
- Executive Producer : Bruno Morat
Media Gallery
Technical details
- Programme format : Mini-series
- Nombre d'épisodes par saison / par collection : 2
- Nombre de saisons : 1
- Plus d'épisode à venir : Oui
- Type : TV programme
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Action
- Themes : The future
- Production language : Hindi
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 1 h 26 min
- Autre durée : 1 h 52 min
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
