I watched this as part of a classic film series at the Paramount.
I had never heard of this director, Mira Nair, nor had I heard of this film. I think I have fallen in love
Some of the most beautiful scenes came early in the film, as two soon-to-be immigrants to the USA get married in India. The dyed soles of their feet, the food, the decorations that continue on to their faces, they made me wonder if the black and white aesthetic of the weddings I have seen is not just austere garbaj.
It is an arranged wedding, and this comes up several times throughout the movie as the characters negotiate their new identities in a society that does not look kindly on arranged marriages. They show great understanding in their lives as their children grow up in a different culture, as their ideas of selves change, and as death surprises everyone. This wasn't another hacky reductive flag waver.
I'd like to watch more of these films, and perhaps read the book this was based on.
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