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Filmmaker Stewart Main traverses India seeking enlightenment. There he meets ex-pat Kiwis who seem to have found it, which only leaves him feeling trapped in a life of the senses. Especially when he falls for his cute Indian sound recordist, Sreenu. Or so he would have us think. Main's startling, provocative doco explores the cracks between the divine and the sensual, documentary and fiction.

Background

A Perspective by Andrew Bancroft 20.12.2008

"My intention has been to make [this doco] into an act of devotion, that will somehow sanctify me or bless those who gain enjoyment from it. But maybe you see it as a travesty, or a caprice, a pretentious lie, or even a ...

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Credits (3)

 Stewart Main
 Michele Fantl
 Craig Wright

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 MF Films

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 MF Films

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Awards

2002 TV Guide Television Awards
Images Post Best Editing, Non-Drama (Peter Roberts)