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Synopsis: VISHNU, a restless young man, itches to escape his father's faltering hair oil business. An old truck beckons, which Vishnu sees as his ticket to freedom. He offers to drive the antique Chevy across the desert to the sea, where it has been sold to a local museum. As he sets off across the harsh terrain, he discovers he's not merely transporting a battered vehicle, but an old touring cinema. Along the way, Vishnu reluctantly picks up a young runaway, a wandering old entertainer and a striking gypsy woman. Together they roam the barren land, searching for water and an elusive fair. The journey turns dire when they are waylaid by corrupt cops and a notorious waterlord. The key to their freedom is the eccentric collection of films and the two forty-year-old film projectors in the back of the truck. As in 1001 Nights, if the films are good, they live and move on. If the films are boring, they face death in the outback. The journey proves transformative for each of the travelers, but especia
Director(s): Dev Benegal
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.9
NOT RATED
Year:
2009
95 min
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ls there any... Motor oil... Diesel?

Some kind of oil?

Hey, what's this?

Hey, don't touch that.

- Yuck!

Awesome! lt stinks!

You want to spend the rest

of your life with the cops?

Let go!

Go left... Shoot!

l want a woman.

Get up!

Let's get out of here.

Stupid junkie.

l'm not touching him.

He saved your life.

He smells.

Stop!

Stop, please!

Hey!

Please, stop.

Listen to me.

Please, sir.

Come on, fix the truck.

Ok. You win. Anything you want.

Just fix the truck.

Anything?

- Yes.

Food, water, money, anything...

You learn quick.

But l don't trust you.

l won't leave you again.

l swear.

On my mother!

Here's the deal.

You're going to drop me at the fair.

Not halfway... not on-the-way.

Right in the heart of the fair.

There. That's the way to the fair.

But, there's no road there.

- That's the way to the fair.

And a short cut to the sea.

Short cuts aren't printed

on maps. So, stop arguing.

There.

We're lost. l know it.

We are all lost, aren't we?

Just keep moving...

Straight ahead...

No detours...

Just dead ahead.

Bastard!

You're heartless.

Water, water.

Do you have some water?

Listen!

Do you have any water?

Some water?

You gave him water and not me?

Learn to live with less.

lf you grab like that...

you'll lose whatever little we have.

Can you help us find

some water? l've got money.

You're embarrassing.

Are you lost too?

l'm looking for water.

Where are you going?

Wherever she can find water.

Didn't you hear her?

Get in the back.

How can you trust her?

What if she steals something?

We're not carrying gold.

She's a gypsy. You never know.

Why can't she sit in front...

with us?

lf she sits with us...

how would our Driver...

keep his eyes on the road?

Don't trust strangers.

What about you?

Sit in front.

You too.

A woman.

That's all we needed.

But l have to hand it to you.

l can see you have a heart...

and it's between your legs.

You have no idea where the fair is.

You're wrong.

This is the way.

We will find the fair.

People will come.

We'll get food...

water...

Short cut!

They ate all my food.

He promised to show me a short cut.

See, this city kid...

is getting rid of

this traveling cinema.

l've never seen a movie...

ln your entire life?

Ah, the magic of cinema...

Lets you forget...

the pain... the worry.

Takes you far away...

into a world of dreams.

Kid... when l was your age,

l used to wait

for this truck to come.

Kids could go for free.

Alam Ara...

Raja Harishchandra...

Tansen, Baiju Bawra

Buster Keaton...

Harold Lloyd!

How amazing it was...

to see him hanging from

the hand of a giant clock.

l wish l could forget...

We should keep an eye out.

Someone might see us.

Who?

The Waterlord and his men.

City Kid, haven't you

seen a bandit before?

Where have you seen one?

They're like the cops.

Show them a movie

and everything's fine.

He killed my husband.

When?

Two years ago.

They caught him breaking

into a well.

Turn off the headlights, stupid...

you'll run down the battery...

lt's a well!

Stop!

Don't do it!

lf they find out, they'll kill us!

Why are you getting

involved in all this, Vishnu?

Don't you want to

get back on the road?

l know that feeling...

But, where will it get you?

You're from different worlds.

lt's your truck, you fix it.

What about our deal?

She wasn't part of our deal.

Passion...

Passion.

lt's destroyed us all, hasn't it?

Don't just think about yourself.

Think about her too.

The heat has gone to your head.

A fair here? l've never seen one.

lt was somewhere here...

Anyone out there?

Water.

We're going to die.

Shut up, will you.

Didn't l tell you?

Set up the cinema,

and the fair will appear.

We will get food and water.

People will come.

And what if no one comes?

Well then...

at least we have ganja.

One...

Two...

Three!

Hey kid, tie it firmly.

You too, Vishnu!

What did l tell you?

Wait a minute.

Use my cell phone.

l'll cover this side.

You get Ten Rupees from the adults.

Kids are free.

Where's my lucky charm?

Hurry up.

Oh God.

This is a really boring scene.

Let me cut it out.

Hey, start the film!

Don't screw up this time.

Massage! Hair oil massage?

6 rupees, sir. Only 6.

No! Leave me alone.

Parijat leaves.

Yup. Organic.

Here, another lot of 500.

That's a total of 45,000 Rupees.

So Vishnu, still

want to sell the truck?

Are you thieves?

Running from the police?

Ask him...

l'm not a thief.

lt's my father's.

This cinema?

-No. -Then it is stolen?

The hair oil.

- What?

My father makes hair oil.

So you sell hair oil?

You're a salesman?

No. l don't sell oil.

l'm not a salesman!

Oh, l get it...

l'm just driving the truck.

Yeah... Driver.

Let's show movies

and sell hair oil!

We'll make a ton of money.

Massage. Hair oil massage?

Vishnu, stop.

Vishnu, stop!

Are you crazy? They'll kill us.

You're crazy. Run and

they'll kill us for sure.

Stand up and confront them.

Vishnu, stop!

Why did you break into my property?

Speak up!

Look...

Look there...

ln front of you, And there.

All around you!

As far as your eye can see...

and beyond.

All this is mine.

l own it.

Every single drop...

that falls from the sky...

is mine.

Now l'm going to

teach you a lesson.

Take them away.

Burn the well...

Let it be a warning to others.

lt's the world's best

water distribution system.

And l run it,

Single-handedly.

lf l bottled this water...

and gave it a fancy name...

would you still call me a criminal?

No!

You know what you'd call me?

A ''new company.''

A ''corporation.''

You'd give me medals and awards.

And you'd beg me

for interviews on TV.

But l'm better than any

blood-sucking corporation.

Everyone gets my water...

From the richest to the poorest.

He steals our water

and sells it back to us.

ls that right?

Well now...

l'm stealing you.

From now on, you're mine.

For free.

Who gives you the right...?

l take what l want.

When l want.

l have that power.

You steal our water

and sell it back to us.

You're telling me

how to run my business?

You're no different

from those corporations.

You pick on the weakest.

What can she do? Or the old man?

You're just a kid.

And you're a man?

l'll show you how to be a man.

Smell this.

Relaxes the mind.

Prevents hair loss.

Makes you virile.

Anything is possible

with Atma Hair Oil.

C'mon, oil your hair, become a man.

The comb.

How many bottles has he got?

- Two boxes.

Get them out.

- lt's not free.

No such thing as free oil.

What'd you say?

Everything has a price.

One bottle of oil,

for one litre of water.

No one's gotten

water from me for free.

l made you a man.

A real man.

Kid...

Give them the water in the back.

lt's theirs anyway.

Let me see.

Vishnu, it's time to go.

You have to deliver your truck.

See the river bed? follow it...

till you meet the road.

Let's show them a movie.

Look, Vishnu... this is

not the time for a movie.

And it's not what you're here for.

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Dev Benegal

Dev Benegal (Konkani: देव बॅनॅगल) (born 28 December 1960) is a New York based Indian filmmaker and screenwriter, most known for his debut film English, August (1994), which won the 1995 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English. more…

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