In Search of Famine

1981 | 128 minutes | 6.9 ★ (10)

In Search of Famine
  • Overview

    A young, idealistic director arrives in a village to make a picture set during the Great Bengal Famine. It’s a film that he hopes will reveal the problems and privations still current in rural India.

  • Release Date

    04 January 1981

  • DirectingMrinal Sen
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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