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A Passage to India

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Original title

A Passage to India

Year

1984

Running time

163 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

David Lean

Screenwriter

David Lean. Novel: E. M. Forster. Play: Santha Rama Rau

Cast

Music

Maurice Jarre

Cinematography

Ernest Day

Producer

Co-production United Kingdom-United States;

Columbia Pictures

Genre

Drama. Adventure | Colonialism. 1920s

Movie Groups

E. M. Forster Adaptations

Synopsis

Circa 1920, during the Indian British rule, Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed was born and brought up in India. He is proficient in English, and wears Western style clothing. He meets an old lady, Mrs. Moore, at a mosque, who asks him to accompany her and her companion, Adela Quested, for sight-seeing around some caves. Thereafter the organized life of Aziz is turned upside down when Adela accuses him of molesting her in a cave. Aziz is arrested and brought before the courts, where he learns that the entire British administration is against him, and would like to see him found guilty and punished severely, to teach all native Indians what it means to molest a British citizen. Aziz is all set to witness the "fairness" of the British system, whose unofficial motto is "guilty until proved innocent."

Awards: 1985: BAFTA: Best Actress (Ashcroft). 9 nominations, including Best Film

1984: 2 Academy Awards: Supp. Actress (Ashcroft), OST. 9 nominations including Picture

1984: 3 Golden Globes: Foreign Film, Supp. Actress and Original Score. 5 nominations

1984: National Board of Review awards: Film, Director, Actor, Actress

1984: New York Film Critic Circle: Best Film, Best Director & Best Actress (Ashcroft)

1984: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Supporting Actress (Peggy Ashcroft)

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A Passage to India

1984

David Lean

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(4,509)