Chittagong: The Last Stopover

Moti, a ten-year-old Bengali boy, tells us about his country, his life and an encounter that marked his life, that of Paul Danvin, a French captain, who, with a heavy heart, has just let the scrap merchants of the sea attack the hull of his boat with a blowtorch. In Chittagong, Bangladesh, Paul finds himself without a crew, without papers and without a future. He takes the train to Dhaka, the capital, and meets Moti and her mother Alima. By instinct or by fascination, Paul follows them to the village of Rulipara, built on a strip of land protected from the Jamuna River by dykes. While the monsoon rages, and the Jamuna destroys the houses of Rulipara, condemning the population to a new exile, Alima and Paul engage in a desperate struggle to live their love without hindrance.

Cast

Julien Maurel Paul

Suchona Alima

Billal Mia Moti

Bishwajit Sen Gupta Sulaiman

Mujibur Rahman Dulu Moshen

Daniel Briquet Alessandro Nazma Anwar Chowdury

Azizul Kader Qureshi Omar Kalif

Zamilur Rahman Shakha Salman Vincent Solignac Narrator

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