The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018) is a French-Indian-Belgian road comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Director Ken Scott adapted Romain Puértolas's bestselling novel, casting Tamil star Dhanush as Ajatashatru Lavash Patel — a Mumbai street magician who flies to Paris and ends up accidentally locked inside an IKEA wardrobe.

That wardrobe ends up in a truck, and the truck ends up crossing Europe. Ajatashatru ricochets through Rome, London, Libya, and New York without a plan, chasing his way back to the Parisian woman he fell for — played by Bérénice Bejo — before his involuntary tour of the continent began. It's a film that runs on charm and coincidence; the kind where you accept the absurd premise because the characters earn it. Stream The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018) online on iFILM.