monsoon wedding (2001)
Original title: monsoon wedding
Production: UK|119 min|
Comedy, Romantic
the wedding guests arrive in delhi from all over the world: the young rahul studies at the university of sydney, while the groom hemant is an engineer in houston. while the bride's father is all busy with the pharaonic preparations for the reception, sentimental twirls weave around him and small family dramas are consumed: rahul is seduced by the sensual dances of cousin ayesha, even the funny wedding organizer, dubey, falls in love of the house maid, while the bride aditi has to find a way to confess to his promise her suffered love for a married man. in the end, however, the monsoons bring a refreshing rain that washes away all pain and the colorful happiness of the party reigns over everything.
Festivals and awards
Golden Globe 2002 - nomination migliore film straniero
Venezia Festival 2001 - nomination Golden Lion - Selection
Bafta 2002 - nomination Best Film Not in the English Language
Direction
Mira Nair: regista
Production and Screenplay
Mira Nair: produttore
Sabrina Dhawan: sceneggiatore
Caroline Baron: produttore
Characters and Interpreters
Ayesha
Lalit Verma, padre della sposa
Naseeruddin Shah(età:51)
Aditi Verma, sposa
Hemant, sposo
Parvin Dabas(età:27)
Dubey
Rahul
Randeep Hooda(età:25)
Pimmi Verma
Lillete Dubey(età:47)
Ria Verma
Shefali Shah(età:29)
Technical staff
Michael Danna: musiche
Declan Quinn: direttore della fotografia
Paul Soucek: musiche
Stephanie Carroll: scenografo
Arjun Bhasin: costumista
Allyson C. Johnson: montatore