by Jason Buchanan
synopsis
Director Peter Brook collaborates with writer Jean-Claude Carriére for this screen adaptation of the epic, 100,000-stanza Sanskrit poem tracing mankind's quest for universal truth as explored through the ongoing conflict between two warring families - the Pandavas and the Kauravas. Originally a nine-hour stage production, the lengthy play was pared down to just over five hours for the screen.
characteristics
- High Artistic Quality
- Religion
- Religious
- Royalty
- Virgin
- Pure
- Message From God
- Family
- Gods
- Heroic Mission
- Chaste
- Chastity
