Directed by:
Peter BrookScreenplay:
Jean-Claude CarrièreCinematography:
William LubtchanskyCast:
Erika Alexander, Georges Corraface, Maurice Bénichou, Mamadou Dioumé, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Sotigui Kouyaté, Tuncel Kurtiz, Andrzej Seweryn (more)Plots(1)
This collection of ancient Sanskrit stories (composed into the longest book ever written) comprises a series of enlightened fables at the heart of countless beliefs, legends, and teachings; indeed, its very title means "the great story of mankind." Brook and award-winning writer Jean-Claude Carriere worked for eight years to develop this epic concerning two sides of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, whose struggle leads to a fascinating voyage of emotions, contradictions, and dreams, filled with subplots which are alternately comic and tragic but always gloriously entertaining. (official distributor synopsis)
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