Char... The No-Man's Island

Summary Meet Rubel, fourteen years old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh. He has to cross the river Ganga acting as the international border. The same river eroded his home in mainland India when he was just four. Years later a fragile island called Char was formed within the large river. Rubel, with his family and many homeless people settled in this barren field controlled by the border police. He dreams of going his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh. But he fights on while monsoon clouds arrive inviting the flood, the river swells up again. 'Char may disappear but we wont', smiles the boy. View more details

Char... The No-Man's Island

Directed : Sourav Sarangi

Written : Sourav Sarangi

Stars : Unknown

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Genres : Family Documentary

Release date : Nov 30, 2012

Countries of origin : Italy Denmark India

Language : Bengali

Production companies : Final Cut for Real Son Et Lumiere Stefilm International

Summary Meet Rubel, fourteen years old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh. He has to cross the river Ganga acting as the international border. The same river eroded his home in mainland India when he was just four. Years later a fragile island called Char was formed within the large river. Rubel, with his family and many homeless people settled in this barren field controlled by the border police. He dreams of going his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh. But he fights on while monsoon clouds arrive inviting the flood, the river swells up again. 'Char may disappear but we wont', smiles the boy. View more details

Details

Genres : Family Documentary

Release date : Nov 30, 2012

Countries of origin : Italy Denmark India

Language : Bengali

Production companies : Final Cut for Real Son Et Lumiere Stefilm International

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