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The Waiting City

  • 20092009
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  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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The Waiting City (2009)
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A mystic-infused love story that follows a young couple's journey to India to collect their adopted baby.A mystic-infused love story that follows a young couple's journey to India to collect their adopted baby.A mystic-infused love story that follows a young couple's journey to India to collect their adopted baby.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
905
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
59,960
7,281
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    • Director
      • Claire McCarthy
    • Writer
      • Claire McCarthy
    • Stars
      • Radha Mitchell
      • Joel Edgerton
      • Samrat Chakrabarti
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Claire McCarthy
    • Writer
      • Claire McCarthy
    • Stars
      • Radha Mitchell
      • Joel Edgerton
      • Samrat Chakrabarti
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    • 14User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 11 nominations

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    The Waiting City
    Trailer 1:47
    The Waiting City

    Photos11

    The Waiting City (2009)
    The Waiting City (2009)
    Samrat Chakrabarti in The Waiting City (2009)
    The Waiting City (2009)
    Joel Edgerton and Radha Mitchell in The Waiting City (2009)
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    The Waiting City (2009)
    Joel Edgerton, Radha Mitchell, and Samrat Chakrabarti in The Waiting City (2009)
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    Radha Mitchell
    Radha Mitchell
    • Fiona Simmons
    Joel Edgerton
    Joel Edgerton
    • Ben Simmons
    Samrat Chakrabarti
    Samrat Chakrabarti
    • Krishna
    Isabel Lucas
    Isabel Lucas
    • Scarlett
    Tillotama Shome
    Tillotama Shome
    • Sister Tessila
    Barun Chanda
    Barun Chanda
    • Doctor Khan
    Dana Roy
    • Sister Agnes
    Tamal Ray Chowdhury
    • Uncle
    Tanushree Shankar
    • Didi Chatterjee
    Palomi Ghosh
    Palomi Ghosh
    • Urmi
    • (as Paulomi Ghosh)
    Kalyan Chatterjee
    • Pharmacist
    Kamalendu Banerjee
    • Airport Official
    • (as Kamalendu Danerjee)
    Jeremy Sims
    Jeremy Sims
    • Carlisle
    Shankar Haldar
    • Feroz
    Soumitra Saha
    • Blind Man
    Sayfed Samseer Ali
    • Samson
    Scott Bendall
    • Party Dancer…
    Babu Datta
    • Raj
    • Director
      • Claire McCarthy
    • Writer
      • Claire McCarthy
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    Storyline

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    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Rashda: [on the phone] Fiona? Fiona...

      Fiona Simmons: Rashda?

      Rashda: Can you hear me?

      Fiona Simmons: Yeah.

      Rashda: Do you have a minute?

      Fiona Simmons: I have the documents with me.

      Rashda: I hope you know what you're doing.

      Fiona Simmons: Absolutely. I'm fine taking them with me.

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      Featured in At the Movies: Summer Special 2010/11 (2010)

    User reviews14

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    Top review
    6/10
    Faith-Love-Culture-Sacrifice All Together.
    This post is about the movie The Waiting City, I just finished watching. It is a story of a mystic- love that how an Australian couple come to an unknown land to search for a baby to adopt and finally the couple discovered how much they love each other. They surprisingly become a part of the culture, faith and the society. I am surprised to see the acting of Radha Mitchell,and Joel Edgerton, they did very well. I see Indo-English corroborated films by Mira Nair,Deepa Mehta, Daisy von Scherler Mayer, Vic Sarin, Wes Anderson and so many directors but Claire McCarthy, she really did a good work. No Indian film maker can think such movie to their point of view of Indian travelers.

    The cinematography of the movie is not satisfactory in the sense of motion picture. It seems like the film is made for television short screen. But overall the film scored very well. I see Samrat Chakrabarti in his other films but in The Waiting City he did very well as a porter. The same story and the same film could be more breath taking by working on the cogitate. Wish all the best for the future projects.
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    • vikram-ry123
    • Aug 5, 2011

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    • Release date
      • July 15, 2010 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Город ожидания
    • Filming locations
      • Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
    • Production companies
      • See Pictures
      • Sol Films
      • Speaking Tree Films
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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $500,641
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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