Kinoteka: Vročina in prah
drama
Heat and Dust, United Kingdom, 130 min
Imdb ocena 6.5
Žanr: drama, romantični
Igrajo: Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Christopher Cazenove
Režija: James Ivory
Avtorji: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Jezik: angleški
Slovenski opis filma:
Cikel filmov Jamesa Ivoryja: Pripoved o škandalozni ljubezni v kolonialni Indiji Mlada Angležinja Anne se odpravi v Indijo, da bi raziskala družinski škandal iz preteklosti. Njena prateta Olivia, ki se je v 20. letih preselila v Indijo, je bila naveličana dolgočasnih kolonialnih družbenih krogov, a sta jo očarala Indija in princ Nawab, karizmatični zapeljivec in igralec. Njuna ljubezenska zveza je imela pretresljive posledice tako v javnem kot v njenem zasebnem življenju. Anne raziskovanje pripelje v podobne okoliščine, saj tudi sama doživi ljubezenski škandal. Izvirni naslov: / Britanski film, 1983 / Režija: James Ivory / Scenarij: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala / Igrajo: Greta Scacchi, Julie Christie, Shashi Kapoor, Christopher Cazenove
Originalni opis filma:
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. The search leads back to the early 1920s, when Olivia, recently married to Douglas, a civil servant in the colonial administration, comes to live with him in India. Slowly, Olivia becomes fascinated by India and by the local ruler, a nawab who combines British distinction with Indian pomp and ruthlessness. This fascination is not without risks: the region is being ransacked by a group of sanguinary bandits, and intrigues are opposing the prejudiced British community led by Major Minnies and Dr. Saunders against the nawab. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.