When he was cutting "Phantom India," Louis Malle found that the footage shot in Calcutta was so diverse, intense, and unforgettable that it deserved its own film. The result, released theatrically, is at times shocking—a chaotic portrait of a city engulfed in social and political turmoil.
A tribute film on Bob Dylan, depicting Calcutta's affinity with Dylan through cityscape and interviews of notable Indian musicians who were inspired by him.
In 1900s India, Calcuttan zamindar Devdas Mukherjee — unable to marry his lover — takes up alcohol and the company of a courtesan to alleviate the pain.
Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding.
Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother.
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Louis Malle Calcutta 1969 Part III
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Louis Malle Calcutta 1969 Part I
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Calcutta - Trailer
From three weeks of total immersion in 'Calcutta' Louis Malle gives us some outlines of the city. People bathing in the Ganges the overcrowded streets ...
Opening Scene of "Calcutta 71" (1972)
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Student movement Calcutta -1968 violent demonstrations
This is a fragment from the Louis Malle documentary Calcutta(1969). It has Naxalite student demonstration and United Front student demonstration.
Louis Malle documentary on Calcutta clip
A clip depicting street protests and religious procession occuring around the same time and on the same street. The film released in 1969. Uploaded entirely for ...
Popular movie trailers from 1969
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As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.
A portrayal of two modern young men and their experiences of love. Jack, a sociology student, is in a relationship with Betty, who is somewhat older than him.
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A student, tired of a too well-mannered fiancé, loses a virginity she considers very embarrassing in the arms of a forty-year-old man, before finding love with a repentant gigolo.
When Korea Highway Corporation is about to destroy the grave of O Gong-nyeo, the locals oppose the idea because they are worried of the legend of the grave.
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