Calcutta (1969)

Directed by

Louis Malle

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary captures street-level life in Calcutta during the late 1960s. Louis Malle films crowds and daily routines without narration or interviews.

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What happens

Calcutta is a 1969 French documentary film about Calcutta, directed by Louis Malle. Most of the footage was shot in Calcutta in 1967-1968 alongside Mrinal Sen who was then shooting footage for his film Calcutta 71 and Padatik. Calcutta was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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