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A Passage to India

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• Drama
• Adventure

• 1984
• David Lean
• 157 mins
• PG

Summary

Period drama directed by David Lean and starring Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft and James Fox. Adela Quested arrives in India to visit Chandrapore city magistrate Ronny Heaslop, a prospective bridegroom. During her stay, she and her companion Mrs Moore are introduced to Dr Aziz, a Muslim surgeon. Anxious to please the two western women, Aziz organises a trip to the famous Marabar Caves. But when Adela and Aziz leave Mrs Moore to explore, events take a tragic turn.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, David Lean's final feature trespasses on territory usually reserved for Merchant Ivory: EM Forster and India. But Lean was the master of the stately epic and, in this lusciously photographed picture, the 75-year-old director showed that none of his powers had waned. Stripping away the sheen of Raj life, he exposes the tensions, prejudices and snobberies of imperialism with a satirical blade every bit as sharp as Forster's. Oscar-winning Peggy Ashcroft garnered the acting headlines, but she is surpassed by Judy Davis as impulsive outsider Adela Questad whose disregard for the rules of the game shatters the calm of this Indian Eden.

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7.3/10

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Cast

rolenameAdela QuestedJudy DavisDr AzizVictor BanerjeeMrs MoorePeggy AshcroftRichard FieldingJames FoxRonny HeaslopNigel HaversProfessor GodboleAlec GuinnessTurtonRichard Wilson (3)Mrs TurtonAntonia PembertonMcBrydeMichael CulverMahmoud AliArt MalikHamidullahSaeed JaffreyMajor CallendarClive SwiftMrs CallendarAnne FirbankAmritraoRoshan SethStellaSandra HotzMr DasRashid KarapietHassenH S KrishnamurthySelimIshaq BuxGuideMoti Makan

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rolenameDirectorDavid Lean

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Released on

1985-04-19

Languages

English | Hindi

Guidance

some violence

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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