This extraordinary film explores the twilight world of India's eunuchs who both exploit and bewail their ill-defined status within society. The eunuchs introduce a special world, where for them divinity and daily life alternate in the flash of an exquisitely made-up eye. A 3,600-strong ancient sect who claim to be descended from the gods live in relative luxury. Other Indian men explain why they too underwent painful castration
Notes
Previously released on DVD
Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 3, 2011)
Credits
Director, Michael Yorke ; narrator, Aruna Har Prasad
Event
Filmed in Rajkot, India, Rajasthan, India, and Bombay, India
