Earth
A powerful, moving tale about real people caught in a historical nightmare. The movie opens in Lahore of 1947, before India and Pakistan became independent, and chronicles the fate of a group of working class friends as religious fervor sweeps all before it, then the partition of the two countries is decided and Lahore is given to Pakistan.
Year: 1998
Genre: Foreign Language Films, Indian & Tibetan Cinema, Film Festivals 1999
Country: India
Director: Deepa Mehta
Starring: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Kulbushan Kharbanda
Duration: 110 Minutes
Rating: M
7.8/10
Location in store: Foreign (India/Tibet)
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