Thin Air

Oct 13, 1999

0h 42m

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Overview

An extremely rare and hard-to-find documentary short by director Ashim Ahluwalia. Thin Air chronicles the lives of three magicians against the backdrop of contemporary Bombay and offers a refreshingly complex vision of urban life through three illusionists who have little option but to confront reality.

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Future East Film

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7.1

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6.0

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4.5

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3.5

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8.0

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7.0

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10.0

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