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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   605 votes
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Director:
John Schlesinger
Writers:
Peter Morgan (additional material)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
14 October 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Music more
Tagline:
I teach not only how to play, but how to live.
Plot:
Bengali-speaking Sushila Sen, her husband and son, Manek, relocate from India to London, England and begin their lives as immigrants... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Streep Nom #7-8: The Abundant Riches of 1987-88
 (From FilmExperience. 5 July 2009, 3:00 PM, PDT)

Top International cast for Gurinder Chadha's film - News
 (From GlamSham. 3 April 2009, 11:30 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
AAA+++ for the acting of McLaine and also the mother of the boy and the boy himself too, and everyone else in this movie . more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Shirley MacLaine ... Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
Peggy Ashcroft ... Lady Emily
Twiggy ... Jenny

Shabana Azmi ... Sushila Sen
Leigh Lawson ... Ronnie Blum
Geoffrey Bayldon ... Mr. Cordle
Lee Montague ... Vincent Pick
Robert Rietty ... Leo Milev

Navin Chowdhry ... Manek Sen

Greg Ellis ... Tarek
Sam Howard ... Edward
Jeremy Sinden ... Woodford
Roger Hammond ... Lefranc
Mohammed Ashiq ... Sunil
Carol Gillies ... Sousatzka's Mother
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Additional Details

Runtime:
122 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was the first film to receive the 12 certificate, introduced by the British Board of Film Classification in 1988. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Married with Children: Kids! Wadaya Gonna Do? (#5.19)" (1991) more

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9 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
AAA+++ for the acting of McLaine and also the mother of the boy and the boy himself too, and everyone else in this movie ., 8 February 2003
Author: Rog McEwhie

This movie was wonderfully written, produced and directed. A+. Easily a 3 star movie, esp if you are one of the many music persons who also play an instrument. However, I was a bit bewildered about the contribution of Twiggy and the boy's kissing her. MacLaine was outstanding!!

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