Boatman backdrop

Boatman 1994 Directed by Gianfranco Rosi

In a series of small portraits, Gianfranco Rosi depicts life on and along the banks of the Ganges River. The director’s first film documents the boat trip he took along India’s sacred river with his helmsman, Gopal. They pass tourists and locals, witnessing them bathe, work, or meditate. The film captures the imagination of the endless circle of life and death, which is rooted in the lives of the Indian people, and is convincingly manifested in the way they bid farewell to the dead.

Country Italy
Production Country Italy
Language Italian
Spoken Languages English , Hindi , Italian
Gnere Documentary
Release Date 20 January 1994
55 mins
Cast
Gopal Maji Boatman