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Faith Connections

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A Sadhu renounces society and adopts a baby renounced by society.

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Bilge Ebiri Spirituality & Health 03/24/2020
Faith Connections does occasionally lose focus. At the same time, the event lends a fascinating, otherworldly quality to what we're seeing onscreen; the images Nalin has gathered are beautiful and evocative. Go to Full Review Nicolas Rapold New York Times 09/11/2014
The organic nature and hard-to-fathom scale of Kumbh Mela demand a more systematic strategy. Go to Full Review Jake Wilson Sydney Morning Herald 04/04/2014
1.5/5
A slick yet mostly tedious documentary that runs nearly two hours without getting much beyond a tourist's point of view. Go to Full Review T'Cha Dunlevy Montreal Gazette 03/20/2015
2.5/5
While he does a decent job of bringing us into the trivial daily existence of these different characters during the event, Nalin doesn't quite manage to capture its greater significance. Go to Full Review Simon Foster Screen-Space (Substack) 06/26/2014
Though unwieldy and overlong, Faith Connections is nevertheless a remarkably insightful film, full of stunning images and imbued with a strong sense of family and personal growth. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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12/29/2015 All that we are not. See more 11/09/2014 I have travelled in India, the logistics of making a documentary in India frankly appear very difficult. The other thing that appears daunting is to attend the kumbha Mela. Pan Nailin as done both. This film is far better than its own potted description suggests. It subtley gets to the heart of what personal interactions and relationships mean to us and why One of the best documentaries ever See more antti p 02/01/2014 Every third year tens of millions of Hindus gather to bathe in the a holy river in an event called Kumbh Mela. This document follows a few attendants at the latest controlled chaos of 2013, held in the interconnection of three holy rivers, Ganges, Yamuna and the invisible Saraswati, where over 100 million people visited during the 55 days. See more Read all reviews
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Pan Nalin

Director

Pan Nalin

Screenwriter

Raphael Berdugo

Producer

Gaurav Dhingra

Producer

Virginie Lacombe

Producer

Pan Nalin

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Movie Info

Synopsis A Sadhu renounces society and adopts a baby renounced by society.
Director
Pan Nalin
Producer
Raphael Berdugo, Gaurav Dhingra, Virginie Lacombe, Pan Nalin
Screenwriter
Pan Nalin
Production Co
Jungle Book Entertainment
Genre
Documentary, Biography, Drama
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 11, 2016
Runtime
1h 55m