A PASSAGE TO INDIA, A GREAT FILM!

I ran across some old posts and I am struck again by the wonderful film "A Passage to India", that I mencioned in February 09, 2006. So I'm guessing most of you haven't seen this post before. This film is one of my great favorites and I strongly recommend it.

 

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A Passage to India (1984), directed by David Lean, was based on the novel of the same name by E. M. Forster, published 1924. That wonderful film was David Lean's last film. 

 

The Cast: Judy Davis (as Adela Quested), Victor Banerjee (as Dr. Aziz), Peggy Ashcroft (as Mrs Moore,) James Fox (as Richard Fielding), Alec Guinness (as Professor Godbole) and another characters.

 

The music in this film is composed by Maurice Jarre and it is very beautiful. If you want to hear the music, please go to  Music .

The Plot: "The film is set in colonial India in 1924. Adela Quested (Judy Davis), a sheltered, well-educated British woman, travels to India in the late 1920s to visit her fiancé, Ronny Heaslop, (Nigel Havers) a British magistrate posted in a small town of Chandrapore. She was traveling with the companion of his mother, Mrs. Moore (Peggy Ashcroft). They want to see something of the country and to meet everyday Indians. In Chandrapore she meets and befriends Dr. Aziz (Victor Banerjee), who, despite longstanding racial and social taboos, moves with relative ease and freedom amongst highborn British circles. The two ladies are appalled at the racist attitudes so common at the time. Like countless travellers in years to come, Miss Quested wants to discover 'The real India'. The Dr. Aziz suggest an outing to the nearby Marabar Caves, though Professor Godbole seems disconcerted at the idea and can provide no explanation as to the attraction of the caves, beyond that they have 'a reputation'. But Miss Quested and Dr Aziz went to visit the caves alone, with only the guide to accompany them. Miss Quested believes herself to have been the victim of a sexual assault by Aziz, and rushes away down the hill....." If you are curious and will like to read more about the plot, please click on "The Plot". 

 

Adela Quested (Judy Davis) and Mrs. Moore ( Peggy Ashcroft) arriving at Chandrapore, India.

  

Arriving at Chandrapore Station

  

Mrs Moore and Adela Quested

 

Miss Quested cycles through the bazaar

  

Professor Godbole (Alec Guinness), Adela Quested (Judy Davis), Dr. Aziz ( Victor Banerjee), Mrs Moore (Peggy Ashcroft ) and Richard Fielding (James Fox), at Fielding's house.

 Dr. Aziz the outside of the train
 

 Miss Quested climbs the elephant to go to the Marabar Caves.  

 

 Towards the lower cave

Into the lower cave.

 

 

PS 1: I am very grateful to Tim Makins that created the great site about this film where you can read all about it. To see it, please, click on "A Passage to India."

PS 2: "The Marabar Caves don't really exist. The Barabar Caves are some 35Km north of Gaya, in the state of Bihar. They were visited by author E.M. Forster on one of his two visits to India. Struck by their curious echo, he used them as a central location in his book 'A Passage To India', renaming them 'The Marabar Caves' for the story."

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A Passage to India - full movie