Director Sarah Gavron and screenwriter Abi Morgan team to adapt author Monica Ali's award-winning novel about a young girl from Bangladesh who finds the spark in her soul slowly fading after traveling to London for an arranged marriage. As a child, Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee) was always told that she was a survivor. Now, as a young adult, she is leaving behind her mother and sister to start a new life in London's East End. Married to a man she has never met and relocated from her quaint village to a working-class Brick Lane neighborhood, the newlywed Nazneen does her best to be a devote...
Director Sarah Gavron and screenwriter Abi Morgan team to adapt author Monica Ali's award-winning novel about a young girl from Bangladesh who finds the spark in her soul slowly fading after traveling to London for an arranged marriage. As a child, Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee) was always told that she was a survivor. Now, as a young adult, she is leaving behind her mother and sister to start a new life in London's East End. Married to a man she has never met and relocated from her quaint village to a working-class Brick Lane neighborhood, the newlywed Nazneen does her best to be a devoted wife and loving mother. It's a lonely life, and as Nazneen's pompous, ineffectual husband, Chanu (Satish Kaushik), does his best to fit into British society, the bored housewife finds herself increasingly drawn to hotheaded neighbor Karim (Christopher Simpson). It isn't long before the relationship between Nazneen and Karim turns romantic, and in the wake of 9/11, the pair realize that they are intimately bound together by their political beliefs as well. Karim is fast becoming a radical and so, perhaps, is Nazneen. Meanwhile, back in Bangladesh, Nazneen's beloved sister Hasina (Zafreen) embarks on a series of life-altering adventures. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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Prompted by his online pen-pal Maya (Sandhya Mridul) to experience the Mahakumbh, British youth Warren (Adam Bedi) gradually becomes enamored by Indian mysticism after reading the personal diary of his grandfather, who was stationed in India decades ago. Eventually, the adventurous Warren hatches a plan to travel to India and experience it all firsthand. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Four women are forced to take drastic actions with serious political consequences in director Anwar Jamal's feature-film directorial debut The Little Republic. The leaders of a small village in the Indian state of Rajasthan allow women to sit on their leadership council but expect silent compliance when weighty matters are being considered for a vote. One such issue pertains to a newly found pocket of water in what was thought to be a dry well. Prior to the discovery, the women of the village had to walk great distances in order to procure water for their people and the newly found water wi...
Four women are forced to take drastic actions with serious political consequences in director Anwar Jamal's feature-film directorial debut The Little Republic. The leaders of a small village in the Indian state of Rajasthan allow women to sit on their leadership council but expect silent compliance when weighty matters are being considered for a vote. One such issue pertains to a newly found pocket of water in what was thought to be a dry well. Prior to the discovery, the women of the village had to walk great distances in order to procure water for their people and the newly found water will put an end to this dangerous task -- or so the women think. The village council, rife with political cronyism and caste prejudice, fails to come to an agreement over how to proceed, forcing a multi-caste group of four women to take it upon themselves to seek assistance from higher authorities to accomplish the task. While empowering themselves temporarily, the true test of the women's bold act will come when they return to face the ire of the village leaders. ~ Ryan Shriver, All Movie Guide
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