Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by tinear (A) on October 31, 2006 at 07:46:50

the British forced partition of the Indian continent into Pakistan (Muslim) and India (Hindu, Sikh) as seen in flashback through the eyes of a small, crippled girl.
The first part of the film is a skillful introduction to the complexity of the cultures, the young girl actually is from a Parsee family, which attempts to maintain "Swiss-like" neutrality.
Interwoven in the story are a two plots: a love one with rival Muslim suitors dueling for the hand of beautiful Hindu Ayah, the young girl's governess; political disagreements and actions among several young men of different religions but who have been friends for many years.
I seldom have had a similarly weighty emotional shock as I had during this film. The leisurely, kindly pace to the early vignettes provide lull the viewer and ill prepares him for the horrifying scenes to follow.
Carve up Iraq? Continue one as we are with "tactical" changes?
See this film before you come to any conclusions: like many great works of art, this film has meaning outside of its formidably created world.
It is the second film in a trilogy; this is the first I've seen and certainly it stands alone very well.