Nepal, Aug. 12 -- Few things help people bond more than being in the trenches through an extreme experience: travelling/living with someone over a long period, being on an outdoor schedule, working in the same department overseen by a tyrant, or taking part in high-endurance sports like trekking or long-distance running.

It is during adverse conditions that all politeness flies out of the window, and people show you who they really are. It's intimacy unlike anything else. It's what probably explains the thick camaraderie at the heart of Basav Biradar's 62-minute documentary, One Foot in Front of The Other.

Here, Biradar chronicles a 2018 run between Bengaluru to Chennai, along with backstories of the four runners: Santosh, Chandra, Mani...