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The River Used to Be a Man

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1h 20m
Drama
Starring Alexander Fehling
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A young German travels in Botswana. On the banks of a river, he meets an old fisherman who takes him deep into the wilderness in his wooden boat. The next morning, he finds himself alone in a seemingly endless river delta. After days of wandering, he arrives in a village far from civilisation, but his odyssey never ends. More and more, he loses control in the impassability of a foreign culture.

Director
Jan Zabeil
Writers
Jan Zabeil, Alexander Fehling
Producers
Benny Drechsel, Karsten Stöter, Jan Zabeil
Studio
Rohfilm, SWR
Original Title
Der Fluss war einst ein Mensch
Original Language
German
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