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How to Build a House out of Wreckage and Rags
“Religious Horror vs. the American Dream.”
0.0 / 10• 2022• 8m•NR• German
Documentary
Storyline
Found footage: California in the 1950's and 60's. A young Indian couple enjoys their personal American dream come true in their home somewhere in the suburbs of San Francisco. In great detail they pose with their newly achieved wealth in front of their Super-8 camera. Just like postcards, they would send these film rolls to their joint families back in India. Around the same time, an American missionary couple visits the city of Calcutta to shoot a Christian propaganda film. The drastic reality with poverty and famine in the streets of the Indian metropolis fits perfectly into their wicked plan: To promote the faith in Jesus by showing the misery that pagan believers are doomed to suffer from.
Cast & Crew
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Nelda Dooley
Voiceover
LeadLT
Lee Thomas
Anchorman
What People Are Saying
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bernd Lützeler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
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“Every frame feels alive. How to Build a House out of Wreckage and Rags is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
