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  • Darshan, the Embrace
  • Opened May 18, 2005 | Runtime:1 hr. 33 min.
  • Filmmaker Jan Kounen follows Amma, a renowned humanitarian and Gandhi-King Prize winner, as she spreads comfort and healing throughout India with hugs and charitable works. Amma heads an organization that houses the homeless, feeds the hungry, and Read More
  • Director: Jan Kounen
  • Genres: Documentary

Darshan, the Embrace Critic Reviews

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  • 75
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Bill White

    Movies about gurus generally fail to capture the charisma of their subjects....

  • 75
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Wilmington

    Jan Kounen, the maker of Darshan, is a French director with flashy credentials,...

  • 70
    Variety | Lisa Nesselson

    Docu's pace will be a little too meditative for many, but the rigorous, sinewy...

  • 60
    The New York Times |

    Filling our heads with pretty pictures and not much else, Darshan: The Embrace...

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