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Stunning documentary on salt farmers

Plot
The salt harvesters of the Gujarati Coast work for months in the burning sands to have the sea reclaim the land every year.

Review
The saline desert along the Gujarati coast provides the breathtaking setting for this punishingly poetic profile of a salt harvester.

His existence proves as unstable as the crystals he spends six excruciating months cultivating before the monsoons wash everything away.

Verdict
Punishingly poetic profile filmed in breathtaking surroundings.


Reviewed by David Parkinson

 

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