Calcutta
MovieTitle | Calcutta |
User score | 6.4 |
Release date | Apr 16, 1969 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Louis Malle |
Production country | France |
Production companies | Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF) |
Run time | 99 min. |
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.