A Passage to India

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Summary:
A Passage to India, director David Lean's final film (for which he also received editing credit), breaks no new ground cinematically, but remains an exquisitely assembled harkback to such earlier Lean epics as Doctor Zhivago and Ryan's Daughter. Based on the novel by E. M. Forster, the film is set in colonial India in 1924. Adela Quested (Judy Davis), a sheltered, we... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Judy Davis - (Adela Quested)
Victor Banerjee - (Dr. Aziz)
Peggy Ashcroft - (Mrs. Moore)
James Fox - (Richard Fielding)
Alec Guinness - (Godbole)
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Review:
David Lean returned to the screen after a self-imposed absence of 14 years with this vivid, well-directed adaptation of the Forster classic. The director has slightly altered the focus of the novel, rendering its key event in a somewhat less ambiguous light, but, in general, stays faithful to its tale of clashing cultures. Lean perfectly c... Continue >>

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