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Partition (1987)

Partition poster
Directed by
Ken McMullen
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film is set during the 1947 Partition of India. It follows the political and human turmoil as British India is divided into Pakistan and India.

soberinghistoricalsolemncontemplativerestrainedatmosphericthought-provoking

What happens

Partition is a film by director Ken McMullen. The film is set in the turmoil surrounding the transfer of political power in British India from British to Indian hands and the Partition of the Indian subcontinent into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Republic of India in 1947. Made in 1987, the film was released on DVD in 2007. Its screening has been voted Time Out Critics' choice No 1 after 20 years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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