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The Crossing (1984) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1984 · 141 mins · Hindi
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- Directed by
- Goutam Ghose
- Starring
- Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Masood Akhtar, Om Puri, Mohan Agashe, Utpal Dutt
When a Dalit wins the mayoral election in his northeastern Indian village, violent riots force a poor couple to flee to Calcutta seeking work. Homeless on the streets, they are offered a dangerous job: ferry a herd of pigs across a swift river while the wife is pregnant. Desperate but determined, they accept and confront the treacherous current.
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