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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Deepa Mehta |
| Stars: |
Nandita Das |
| Actors: |
Pavan Malhotra |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
Romances · India · Hindi |
| MPAA Rating: |
Unrated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: French |
| UPC: |
774212500459 |
| Release Date: |
1999 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 41min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Urdu |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: French
Release Company: Paradox Entertainment (May 01, 2008)
UPC: 774212501517 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 41min
Release Company: New Yorker Video (October 10, 2000)
UPC: 717119781033 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Deepa Mehta |
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Professional Reviews
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(09/10/1999, p.E20, Stephen Holden): "...[A] twilit sensuality along with a sense of foreboding....EARTH is a powerful and disturbing reminder of how a civilization can suddenly crack under certain pressures..." |
| More Information |
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Deepa Mehta's epic tale of the hateful religious and civil wars that took place in India and Pakistan in the 1947 battle to gain independence from the British, EARTH is the second movie in a trilogy from the director, preceded by FIRE (1996) and followed by WATER (due in 2001). The story, which is based on an autobiographical novel entitled CRACKING INDIA, by Bapsi Sidhwa, is told through the eyes of a little girl, Lenny (Maia Sethna), who has one leg in a brace. The impediment keeps Lenny from being very active, so she spends her time sitting and talking with her loving nanny, Shanta (Nandita Das), whose beauty attracts a faithful following of about six male friends. Lenny and Shanta sit in the park, fly kites, take long picturesque walks through the ruins outside their village, and all the time Lenny is absorbing the conversations around her. Between Shanta's Muslim and Hindu suitors--one of whom is a Sikh--and Lenny's parent's varied group of Parsee and Catholic friends, the debates about the futures... |
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