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Samsara: The Wheel of Life and Death

1972 10 min
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An exotic view of Pondicherry, former French colony on India's southeastern coast. This is a film of observation, made without commentary, but replete with impressions of this colourful old French-Indian port where life begins and ends in the streets. Life here is like a river, and only the camera can catch and hold the thousand-and-one sights that pour by the awed spectator. Film without words.

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Samsara: The Wheel of Life and Death

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An exotic view of Pondicherry, former French colony on India's southeastern coast. This is a film of observation, made without commentary, but replete with impressions of this colourful old French-Indian port where life begins and ends in the streets. Life here is like a river, and only the camera can catch and hold the thousand-and-one sights that pour by the awed spectator. Film without words.

  • director
    Bill Davies
  • producer
    Bill Davies
  • camera
    Eugene Boyko
  • sound
    Hans Oomes
  • editing
    John Kramer
  • sound editing
    Bill Graziadei

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