Heat and Dust (1983)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Christopher Cazenove	...	Douglas Rivers, the Assistant Collector (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
	Greta Scacchi	...	Olivia, his wife (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
	Julian Glover	...	Crawford, the District Collector (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
	Susan Fleetwood	...	Mrs. Crawford, the Burra Mensahib (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
	Patrick Godfrey	...	Saunders, the Medical Officer (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
	Jennifer Kendal	...	Mrs. Saunders (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)
	Shashi Kapoor	...	The Nawab (At the Palace in Khatm)
	Madhur Jaffrey	...	Begum Mussarat Jahan, the Nawab's mother (At the Palace in Khatm)
	Nickolas Grace	...	Harry Hamilton-Paul (At the Palace in Khatm)
	Barry Foster	...	Major Minnies, the Political Agent (At the Palace in Khatm)
	Julie Christie	...	Anne (1982. In Satipur Town)
	Zakir Hussain	...	Inder Lal, Anne's landlord (1982. In Satipur Town)
	Ratna Pathak	...	Ritu, Inder Lal's wife (1982. In Satipur Town)
	Tarla Mehta	...	Inder Lal's mother (1982. In Satipur Town)
	Charles McCaughan	...	Chid (1982. In Satipur Town)

Storyline

Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. The search leads back to the early 1920s, when Olivia, recently married to Douglas, a civil servant in the colonial administration, comes to live with him in India. Slowly, Olivia becomes fascinated by India and by the local ruler, a nawab who combines British distinction with Indian pomp and ruthlessness. This fascination is not without risks: the region is being ransacked by a group of sanguinary bandits, and intrigues are opposing the prejudiced British community led by Major Minnies and Dr. Saunders against the nawab. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life. Written by Eduardo Casais <eduardo.casais@research.nokia.com>  

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