The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018)

The story of Ajatashatru Oghash Rathod, a fakir who tricks his local village in Rajasthan, India into believing his possesses special powers and into paying him to fly to Paris to buy a bed of nails from an Ikea store.

Director:

Ken Scott

Writers:

Luc Bossi (screenplay), Romain Puértolas (based on novel) (as Romain Puertolas)

Stars:

Dhanush, Bérénice Bejo, Erin Moriarty

Cast

Credited cast:
Dhanush	...	Ajatashatru Oghash Rathod
Bérénice Bejo	...	Nelly Marnay
Erin Moriarty	...	Marie
Barkhad Abdi	...	Wiraj
Gérard Jugnot	...	Gustave
Ben Miller	...	Officer Smith
Abel Jafri	...	Captain Fik
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse	...	Rose
Kay Greidanus	...	Pieter
Amruta Sant	...	Siringh
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seema Biswas
Christian Bronchart	...	Border Force Dancer
Stefano Cassetti	...	Alfredo
Uwamungu Cornelis	...	Baleki
Adonis Danieletto	...	Manager of the department store

Storyline

-In a neighborhood of New Delhi reside a colony magicians, puppeteers, fire-eaters and other artists. Among them also Aja, who as a child demonstrated of an exceptional talent. He is a 'fakir', which can float, sabers ingestion and he is equipped with an array of tricks, which he mastered to perfection. He also performed miraculous healing. But when his mother gives him a plane ticket to Paris and instruct him to carry out a mysterious job, he is completely upset. He has his district never leave earlier.

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Plot Keywords:

based on a novel | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France USA Belgium Singapore India

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 May 2018 (France)

Also Known As:

A Extraordinária Viagem do Faquir

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brio Films, Scope Pictures, Little Red Car Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

-It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name of Romain Puértolas.

User Reviews

Pretty good..

I have not read the book so can't compare to it. But it's a nice feel good type of movie that has that sense of wonder and magic about it. There are way better movies of the genre out there, and to be fair a lot worse also! It's good enough, but nothing truly "extraordinary".