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Peter Brook's the Mahabharata (1989)

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Exile in the Forest

Peter Brook's the Mahabharata

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  • The dice are cast and now the Pandavas face a long exile. Yudhishthira feels bound by his promise and waits. Arjuna leaves to look for weapons. Meanwhile Dushassana gets some disturbing dreams and urges Duryodhana to strike immediately.
  • Yudhishthira has lost everything with dice and now his family faces a twelve year long exile in the forest, followed by a year of hiding. Yudhishthira's brothers and Draupadi want immediate action, but Yudhishthira is determined to keep his promise about the exile. Yudhishthira knows Duryodhana will never give back the kingdom, a war will inevitably follow. Arjuna can't wait any longer. He decides to look for weapon in the north, unbeknownst to mankind, hidden deep in the mountains. To obtain them one needs to forget everything, even life. Meanwhile in the palace Dushassana is frightened by dreams that spell doom for the Kaurava's. He urges Duryodhana to attack before it's too late.—Arnoud Tiele (imdb@tiele.nl)

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