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Released March 11th, 2021, 'By the River' stars The movie has a runtime of about 25 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from top users.
Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Varanasi is the Indian city where Hindus go to die. Stretching along the Ganges, Varanasi holds great spiritual significance because Hindu scriptutres say that anyone who dies there will attain moksha—liberation from the cycle of rebirth. Berlin-based director Dan Braga Ulvestad captures life and death in India’s heartland in this moving documentary filled with exquisite cinematic moments. By the River starts its narrative journey with the city’s “death hotels,” dedicated apartments where people wait to die, sometimes for decades, so they can be cremated on the banks of the Ganges." .
'By the River' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on March 11th, 2021