Such a Long Journey
Synopsis
One day Gustad receives a letter from an old friend, now working for a CIA-like branch of Indira Gandhi's government asking him to help in what seems like a heroic mission. In his innocence, and with feelings of loyalty to his friend, Gustad uneasily agrees. He soon finds himself over his head and alone in his unwitting complicity as he is drawn deeper into a dangerous network of deception.
Gustad's quiet dignity, his sense of moral order, have luminous presence in the sometimes antique world of his friends and acquaintances including the medicine lady, Miss Kutpitia, who suggests elaborate medical spells; the lame and child-like Tehmul; Dinshawji, Gustad's bumptious co-worker and friend, whose flirtation with the new typist goes too far.
Compassionate, broad in its vision, and rich in details of character and place, this is a mature and rewarding saga that charts the journey of a moral heart in a turbulent world of change.
Details
- Year
- 1998
- Type of project
- Features
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Sturla Gunnarsson
- Producer
- Simon MacCorkindale
- Co-Producer
- Simon MacCorkindale
- Principal cast
- Roshan Seth and Ranjit Chowdry
- Screen Writer
- Sooni Taraporevala based on a novel by Rohinton Mistry
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