The Cinema Travellers

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The Cinema Travellers

2016

1h 36m

Documentary

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The traveling cinema lorries of India bring the joy of movies to rural villages.

Namrata Joshi

The Hindu

A repository of history, memories and anecdotes, he is also the symbol of the end of an era, and of continuity and survival. He is never cynical, nor resigned, but warm, positive, hopeful. Just like the film.

Jul 24, 2018

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Times (UK)

Shot over five years, their observational, gently woven elegy to the last gasp of celluloid feels somewhat overstretched at feature length, yet it contains some of the most magical images you'll see this year.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 26, 2018

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

It's a charming movie, although I wondered if it wasn't a bit fetishistic about the kit, and incurious about the films and audiences.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 26, 2018

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Michael McNeely

That Shelf

I'd like to give a special note to the profound Prakash who warrants a pause after each philosophical statement that he utters, just so you can really meditate on what the heck he just said.

Feb 13, 2019

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

There's a lot of information in this film but its magic lies in what it offers to the eyes.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 25, 2018

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

A marvelous film, so full of the wonder of movies, so melancholy about the changing cinema landscape, so hopeful that though the technology is changing, the love will endure.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jan 22, 2018

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Despite its hesitant pace and lack of aim, "The Cinema Travellers" is a candid look into the life of the struggles associated with your work becoming obsolete, and how technology may indeed be engulfing jobs faster than we realize. Yet, amongst this revelation comes the hope of adaptation, a theme neatly presented in this documentary. Where most films of this nature tend to overreach in its attempt to tell its story, "The Cinema Travellers" learns that the subtle, truthful exposition of this world tells its story far greater than the folks behind the camera.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Synopsis

The traveling cinema lorries of India bring the joy of movies to rural villages.

Director: Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya
Producer: Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Hindi
Runtime: 1h 36m