Earth (1998)

Original title

1947: Earth

Directed by

Deepa Mehta

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film

Country

India, Canada

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl named Lenny lives in Lahore during the 1947 partition of India. She watches her friends and caretakers get torn apart by the sudden surge of religious violence between Hindus and Muslims.

tensemelancholicgrittyslow-burnviscerally sadtenderbleakintimate

What happens

Earth (released in India as 1947: Earth) is a 1998 Indo-Canadian period romance drama film directed by Deepa Mehta. It is based upon Bapsi Sidhwa's novel, Cracking India (1991, US; 1992, India; originally published as Ice Candy Man, 1988, UK), set during the 1947 partition of India. Earth is the second instalment of Mehta's Elements trilogy, preceded by Fire (1996) and followed by Water (2005). It was India's entry for the 1999 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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