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Dominican Rep. Salaam Bombay!
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Drama
Mira Nair's first feature was an acclaimed drama depicting the desperate lives of homeless children in one of India's poorest cities. Krishna is a 10-year-old country boy forced to live on his own in the streets of Bombay after his family tosses him out. While he hopes to earn 500 rupees for his mother and return home, the all-consuming job of staying alive quickly makes that dream an unreality. He develops the street-smarts needed to ... [+]
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"It is remarkable how well Nair creates this street world and tells us its rules without seeming to force her story (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" | ||
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"Much to Nair`s credit, she exploits neither the exoticism of her locale nor the misery of her subjects" | ||
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"Poetic, powerful and disturbing, Salaam Bombay transcends language and cultural barriers." | ||
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"Shot entirely on location with its child actors recruited from the streets, Salaam Bombay! enters into its subjects' lives with rare authority and absolute compassion." | ||
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"What strikes you is not simply its energy and vitality and its Dickensian storytelling appetite, but its fierce unsentimentality (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" |
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