The Bleak Banks of the Hooghly

By: Antonio Sanz Oliva

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Synopsis: In the 19th century, in Calcutta, a land of opportunity where the forging of an empire is being built on scientific advances, progress, wars and painful diseases. After an unhappy life, a young Irish man, victim of poverty and chance, will see his life change when he becomes the new Dr. Miller, a prestigious physician who will fight to keep his “secret” and become a respectable member of the society of the so-called “White City”. When he meets the dazzling Mrs. Wilson, a wealthy lady married to an opium-trafficking crook, his whole life will turn upside down until he goes crazy with desire. When she finally manages to overcome all the obstacles, she must face the harsh reality and a wild nature that threatens to devour them all.