A Passage to India

A Passage to India

David Lean, the Director of "Doctor Zhivago", "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Bridge on the River Kwai", invites you on . .

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Release Date

12/14/1984

Runtime

163 mins

Overview

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$27,201,487

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A sweeping, slow-burning examination of how cultural prejudice and misunderstanding can shatter human connection, set against the fractured landscape of British India. The film lingers on the weight of accusation and the impossibility of truth across a colonial divide.

Mood

TenseMelancholicWistful

Themes

ColonialismFriendshipBetrayalIdentityJustice

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyWidescreen epic

Structure

Linear

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Racial violence

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