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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

The Darjeeling Limited poster
Directed by
Wes Anderson
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 4,003 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three estranged brothers reunite in India for a train journey they call a spiritual trip. They try to reconnect with each other while dealing with their father's death.

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What happens

The Darjeeling Limited is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson, which he co-produced with Scott Rudin, Roman Coppola, and Lydia Dean Pilcher, and co-wrote with Coppola and Jason Schwartzman. The film stars Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Schwartzman. The cast also includes Waris Ahluwalia, Amara Karan, Wallace Wolodarsky, Barbet Schroeder, and Anjelica Huston, with Natalie Portman, Camilla Rutherford, Irrfan Khan, and Bill Murray in cameo roles. The plot follows three estranged brothers who agree to meet in India a year after their father's funeral for a "spiritual journey" aboard a luxury train. The film was released on September 29, 2007, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film received generally favorable reviews from critics and earned $35 million on a $17.5 million budget. The film premiered at the 64th Venice International Film Festival in competition for the Golden Lion and was named among the Top Films of the Year at the 2007 NYFCO Awards. Anderson's Hotel Chevalier, starring Schwartzman and Portman, acts as a prologue to the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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