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1988 |
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| Genre: |
DRAMA
RITES-OF-PASSAGE
FOREIGN
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India/France/GB |
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| Colour: |
C |
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| Length: |
113 |
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A 12 year-old boy (Shafiq Syed, pictured left) tries to survive on the streets of Bombay.
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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Grim on the outside, warm on the inside, this is a touching film about Bombay street-life, full of life and character. The little boy is delightfully natural; there's none of the coyness or political tub-thumping with which most western film-makers would tackle this potentially grim subject. A promising debut by Mira Nair, whose experience as a documentary-maker gives the film the unmistakable ring of truth.
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, Raghubir Yadav, Nana Patekat