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Megacities

Megacities

1998•1h 34m•6.6/10
Documentary

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6.6/10(20)

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

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Production

Lotus-Film, Fama Film

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Shankar Loutakke

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