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MPAA RATING: Not rated
Starring Nandita Das, Kitu Gidwani, Asmir Kahn, and Rahul Khanna
A group of diverse Indian friends and two men after one woman is torn apart by the 1947 partitioning of India. The woman in question (Das) is a nanny who is, with her eight-year-old charge (Sethna), insulated by her Parsi family's wealth and neutrality from the violence erupting around her.
| GENRE(S): | Drama |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Deepa Mehta
Bapsi Sidhwa (autobiography Cracking India) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Deepa Mehta |
| RELEASE DATE: |
Video: October 10, 2000 Theatrical: September 10, 1999 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 104 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | Canada / India |
| LANGUAGE(S): | English / Hindi (with English subtitles) |
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The average user rating for this movie is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Ariel S. gave it a10:
Fire, brimestone, and terror reign in this movie.
Keith K. gave it a7:
An excellent movie about the break-up of India in 1947. Musical sound track haunting.

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