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**El Vaquero de Infierno** · 10-07-2023, 05:33 PM

Passage to India 6/10

A historical epic, based on a novel by E.M. Forster and directed by David Lean (Dr. Zhivago; Lawrence of Arabia, etc), set in India during the British Raj of the 1920s. The film mainly focuses on the relationships between Aziz Ahmad, an Indian doctor, with a number of colonials, including a teacher at a local college and two women newly arrived from Britain, one of whom accuses Aziz of rape after experiencing some kind of episode in a mystical cave. The film also studies the prejudices and political tensions of the period.

At 2 hours 45 minutes long or so, I found my attention wandering at around the 90-minute mark, though I almost switched off in the early stages as I found the Aziz character so obsequious and child-like that it irked me. However, Judy Davis, playing the woman that accuses Aziz of rape, and Peggy Ashcroft, as her older friend, both do well in their roles.

10-07-2023, 05:33 PM	#15213
El Vaquero de Infierno Sisukas Mies Posts: 15,655	Passage to India 6/10 A historical epic, based on a novel by E.M. Forster and directed by David Lean (Dr. Zhivago; Lawrence of Arabia, etc), set in India during the British Raj of the 1920s. The film mainly focuses on the relationships between Aziz Ahmad, an Indian doctor, with a number of colonials, including a teacher at a local college and two women newly arrived from Britain, one of whom accuses Aziz of rape after experiencing some kind of episode in a mystical cave. The film also studies the prejudices and political tensions of the period. At 2 hours 45 minutes long or so, I found my attention wandering at around the 90-minute mark, though I almost switched off in the early stages as I found the Aziz character so obsequious and child-like that it irked me. However, Judy Davis, playing the woman that accuses Aziz of rape, and Peggy Ashcroft, as her older friend, both do well in their roles.