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Sep 16, 2019readyrisa rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Outstanding! A very simple story about real people simply engaged in life... Going for a swim in a swimming pool is an everyday occurrence for most young people... for eighteen-year old Venkatesh it represents a life of privilege to which he has no hopes of attaining. Poor and illiterate, Venkatesh who works as a roomboy making beds, cleaning rooms, and scrubbing toilets in a hotel and selling plastic bags on the streets with his eleven-year-old friend Jhangir. The movie is based on co-screenwriter Randy Russell's short story set in Iowa City, Iowa in the USA....and we are transported to India by director Chris Smith...if you watch the "Making Of" you'll understand why...but it is brilliant. Wonderful.