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Amu
When the past lives in the present...
When the past lives in the present...
Drama, History - 2005
Amu
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7.3
82%
54
Amu is the story of Kaju, a twenty-one-year-old Indian American woman who returns to India to visit her family and discover the place where she was born. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju stumbles against secrets and lies from her past. A horrifying genocide that took place twenty years ago turns out to hold the key to her mysterious origins.
Director:
,
Shonali Bose
Cast:
,
Konkona Sen Sharma
,
Yashpal Sharma
,
Ankur Khanna
,
Bharat Kapoor
,
Avijit Dutt
,
Brinda Karat
,
Chaiti Ghosh
,
Lushin Dubey
,
Kuljeet Singh

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Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
7 Jan 2005
Country:
IN, US
Languages:
Bengali, Bangla, English, Hindi
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Less about finger-pointing than a plea for India to confront its past.
– Kirk Honeycutt,
Hollywood Reporter,
15 Jun 2007
fresh:
Shot with remarkable confidence and an understated eloquence.
– John Anderson,
Newsday,
21 Jun 2007
fresh:
An admirable labor of love that stumbles dramatically but gets along on its sincere good intentions.
– Carina Chocano,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jun 2007
fresh:
The flashback sequences are vibrant and intense, and the film's long closing shot is so dense with feeling for a nation and its people that Bose deserves to be noted as a filmmaker to watch.
– Chuck Wilson,
L.A. Weekly,
14 Jun 2007
fresh:
[Amu] is clearly a labor of love for the activist filmmaker, as she breaks all the traditional inhibitions of Bollywood to remind the world of -- and, for most of us, reveal for the first time -- one of the most shameful episodes in Indian history.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
30 May 2007
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