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A Passage to India
Content:Feature Film
Media Type:DVD
Release Date:1984, 2000
Audience:Higher Education
Secondary Education
Running Time:163 minutes
Physical Description:1 videodisc (164 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:English
Author:Directed by David Lean; Based on the novel by E.M. Forster and the play by Santha Rama Rau
ISBN:0767859863; 9780767859868
Subject:Anthropology and Sociology
History
Subheading:Cross-Cultural Exchange
History, 1900-1950
Rituals and Customs
Social Conditions
Region:East/West Relations
South Asia
Country:India



Abstract:

While on a trip in 1928 to visit her son, Mrs. Moore, accompanied by her son's fiancee, is appalled at the treatment of the Indians by the ruling British government. Later, they befriend a native Indian who, over-stepping the accepted norms of his culture, invites the two ladies on an excursion. In a strange turn of events, he is accused of attempting to rape the young woman. With Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, James Fox, Alec Guinness




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