Raja

Name: Raja
Genre: Drama
Released: 2003-09-03
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Pascal Greggory, Najat Benssallem, Ilham Abdelwahed

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6.3/10

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A cross-cultural drama about a wealthy middle-aged Frenchman's yearning for a nineteen year local girl. Raja is an orphan literally and figuratively scarred by life. Fred is an emotionally b... Read allA cross-cultural drama about a wealthy middle-aged Frenchman's yearning for a nineteen year local girl. Raja is an orphan literally and figuratively scarred by life. Fred is an emotionally bankrupt westerner living amid his plush garden. Fred's attempt to seduce Raja, and their m... Read allA cross-cultural drama about a wealthy middle-aged Frenchman's yearning for a nineteen year local girl. Raja is an orphan literally and figuratively scarred by life. Fred is an emotionally bankrupt westerner living amid his plush garden. Fred's attempt to seduce Raja, and their mutual attempt at manipulation, are fractured by their gross disparity of income, age and c... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

437

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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9/10

one of the best films i have ever seen

This film is about language. The way language operates between two people who don't understand the same language but still have the same wants, but are never able to communicate.

There are people who translate for both of them, and all the translations are distorted by cultural values or translator's own intentions.

I loved the performance of 'Raja', the actress is extremely beautiful.

It was very intimately able to communicate the details of lives of a street child, who grew into a street-girl and ended up with a bad and loveless man who only wants to exploit her.

It was not about sex, money, or other similar things, but it was how these mere ideas can ruin a love affair.

In all it entertained me and broke my heart. It was such a pleasure.