Assistant Director
Whenever people are released from their society's constraints, there is the possibility that they will behave badly, at least according to the rules of the society they have left behind. This seems to have been particularly the case for Europeans living in colonial establishments in Africa and Asia. In this drama, based on a story by Stefan Zweig, Dr. Steiner (Andrzej Seweryn) was caught with his fingers in the till at a German hospital. Rather than prosecute him, they gave him the option of emigrating elsewhere. He chose to serve at a clinic in a remote part of Portuguese Goa. He has been on his best behavior for years, but when the beautiful wife (Fanny Ardant) of a diplomat comes to him asking for an abortion, he is tempted to ask for sexual favors in return, and his life swiftly goes out of control.
Casting
빈부의 격차가 심한 대도시 봄베이 서커스단에 혼자 남겨진 소년 크리수나(Krishna/Chaipu: Shafiq Syed)는 차(Tea)를 팔면서 거리의 부랑아 무리에 흡수된다. 그가 사는 일대를 관리하는 바바(Baba: Nana Patekar), 그와 동거하는 레이카(Rekha: Aneeta Kanwar), 레이카의 딸 만쥬(Manju: Hansa Vithal) 등과 친해진 크리수나는 그 곳에서의 생활에 잘 적응해 간다. 그러던 어느 날 창녀촌에서 만난 네팔 여인에게 반해 버린다. 하지만 그 여인은 바바의 작전대로 창녀가 되어버리고 소년 크리수나는 이런 현실 속에서 조용히 봄베이의 묻혀진 이중성을 바라본다.
