When lockdown was announced during the COVID-19 pandemic, public transit in India came to a halt. So Mahesh, a young migrant construction worker, took his rickety bicycle and rode the 1,700 kilometres to his hometown in seven days. He became a sudden national media sensation. With Mahesh actively participating in the production, this film innovatively revisits his story and shares more about his life. Vigorously blending fiction and reality through staged and archival footage, this work—full of narrative discoveries and surprising visual compositions—takes an unusual ethnographic approach and subtly reveals a reflection on inequality and the notion of choice. (HSB)

Presented with the support of the High Commission of India

Quebec Premiere

CycleMahesh