Movie: The River of Life and Death

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Karel Beníško
Karel Beníško

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    The River of Life and Death captures the slow time in the well-known Indian pilgrimage place of Benares, the act of purification by water, the burning funeral pyres, and the dandling snakeheads under the temple stairs.

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    1941-04-01

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