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Heat and Dust

Country: UK, Language: English, 133 mins

  • Director: James Ivory
  • Writer: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
  • Producer: Connie Kaiserman; Rita Mangat

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Cross-cutting between two generations, James Ivory's sprawling epic of self-discovery is also a lush evocation of the prismatic and sensuous beauty of India. As she searches for answers to the mystery surrounding a long-ago affair between her aunt Olivia (Greta Scacchi) and an Indian prince (Shashi Kapoor), Anne (Julie Christie) becomes immersed in the local culture, the pull of the past simultaneously leading her into a clearer view of her own future. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's screenplay adapts her own novel to great effect, and Richard Robbins provides the haunting score. The film earned the Merchant Ivory team 9 BAFTA nominations and a Palme d'Or nomination at Cannes for director James Ivory.


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Cast & Characters

Christopher Cazenove as Douglas Rivers, the Assistant Collector;
Greta Scacchi as Olivia, his wife;
Julian Glover as Crawford, the District Collector;
Susan Fleetwood as Mrs. Crawford, the Burra Mensahib;
Patrick Godfrey as Saunders, the Medical Officer;
Jennifer Kendal as Mrs. Saunders;
Shashi Kapoor as The Nawab;
Madhur Jaffrey as Begum Mussarat Jahan, the Nawab's mother;
Nickolas Grace as Harry Hamilton-Paul;
Barry Foster as Major Minnies, the Political Agent;
Julie Christie as Anne;
Zakir Hussain as Inder Lal, Anne's landlord;
Ratna Pathak as Ritu, Inder Lal's wife;
Tarla Mehta as Inder Lal's mother;
Charles McCaughan as Chid