Road to Heaven

Movie
Original title	Road to Heaven
Country of production	Austria , India
original language	English
Publishing year	2014
length	100 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Walter Grossbauer
script	Walter Grossbauer
production	Claudia Pöchlauer , Walter Grossbauer
music	Erich Pochendorfer
camera	Walter Grossbauer
cut	Walter Grossbauer

Road to Heaven is an Austrian documentary by Walter Grossbauer . After Next Exit Nirvana and Indian Dreams, it marksthe end of his "Oh, India" trilogy. The film opened in theaters in Germany on February 4, 2015.

content

The student Rajan goes on a pilgrimage by car along the Grand Trunk Road , an old trade route across the subcontinent. It takes him from Calcutta to his hometown Amritsar , the spiritual center of the Sikhs . He wants to visit his parents living there, whom he has not seen for a long time.

His visit comes as a surprise, as Rajan is considered to be more modern and rebellious. He does not wear a turban, uses smartphones and laptops and emulates the western lifestyle. Nevertheless, he opts for the traditional pilgrimage, where he encounters the adversities of Indian traffic: congested streets, overcrowded trains - the traffic is like an ant colony. On his journey he encounters both old traditions and modern ways of life.

criticism

The film service judges that the viewer learns a lot about the Sikh religion, but is "also confronted with a country that threatens to sink into garbage, chaos and political inability". The road movie moves “at times on the verge of staging and gathers visually stunning snapshots of a mysterious country in long shots”.

Web links

• Official website
• Road to Heaven in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Approval certificate for Road to Heaven . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2014 (PDF; test number: 149 249 K).
2. ^ Road to Heaven. Filmdienst , accessed on January 14, 2016 (short review).