BORN HUNGRY

By Barry AVRICH

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Documentary - Completed 2024

An abandoned child from the streets of India is adopted by a Canadian family and becomes one of the world’s top chefs.

Festivals
& Awards

Palm Springs IFF 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • CANADA, INDIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 78 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Barry AVRICH
    • Writer(s)
    • Barry AVRICH
    • Synopsis
    • Born Hungry is the inspiring true story of celebrity chef Sash Simpson. As a young Indian boy, Sash is abandoned by his family, and forced to survive alone on the streets of Chennai by eating from garbage bins. After being adopted by a Canadian couple he returns to India as an adult armed with only blurry memories to find his long-lost family.