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Mahatma and the Mad Boy
Mahatma and the Mad Boy

MAHATMA AND THE MAD BOY

Directed by Ismail Merchant
India, 1974
Drama, Short

Synopsis

In the time frame of a single day (from dawn to dust), the film records the wanderings of an Indian youth who sleeps on the beach, holds conversations with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, and scavenges for food with his monkey.

Synopsis

In the time frame of a single day (from dawn to dust), the film records the wanderings of an Indian youth who sleeps on the beach, holds conversations with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, and scavenges for food with his monkey.