Phantom India

Louis Malle called his gorgeous and groundbreaking Phantom India the most personal film of his career. And this extraordinary journey to India, originally shown as a miniseries on European television, is infused with his sense of discovery, as well as occasional outrage, intrigue, and joy.

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Status	Ended
Original Name	L'Inde fantôme
First Air Date	July 25, 1969
Last Air Date	September 5, 1969
Seasons	1
Episodes	7
Episode Runtime	6h 3min
Language	French
Original Language	French
Production Countries	France
Production Companies	ORTF Nouvelles Éditions de Films
Networks	France 2 ORTF Télévision

S01E07

Where East Goes West

Bombay. It's the last lap of Louis Malle 's journey through India and already it smacks of the West. Bombay is a city on the move, in the middle of an economic boom. Parsee industrialists, Muslim craftsmen, and immigrant labourers from the South all meet here in this cosmopolitan city, whose slums are as poverty-stricken as those of Calcutta, but whose modern factories, oil refineries, and traffic problems all show the shadow of the West. It's where Hinduism meets Industrialisation, where East goes West, where the India of yesterday and today meets the India of tomorrow. But what kind of tomorrow?

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