Stars: Julie Christie, Shashi Kapoor, Christopher Cazenove, Greta Scacchi, Susan Fleetwood, Barry Foster, Julian Glover, Nickolas Grace, Madhur Jaffrey

Director: James Ivory

Summary: A story of two English women and their fatal fascination for a continent where the lust for power, violence and passion overshadow the facade of British respectability.

Director James Ivory's HEAT AND DUST tells two parallel stories set in India, one in the present and the other in the days of British rule. In 1920s India, a young English bride, Olivia (Greta Scacchi), finds herself in a passionate, forbidden affair with the local Nawab (Shashi Kapoor). In the second story, Olivia's great niece, Anne (Julie Christie), travels to India and there learns of her great aunt's affair with the Nawab, her subsequent pregnancy, and her exile from the British community. Anne's life begins to roughly imitate that of Olivia's when she has an affair with a local Indian administrator (Zakir Hussain) and also becomes pregnant. Merchant Ivory screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based the film's screenplay on her own acclaimed novel of the same name. Jhabvala was raised in England but after meeting her husband, an Indian architect, moved to India, where she lived for 24 years. Her screenplays AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PRINCESS, HULLABALOO OVER GEORGIE AND BONNIE'S PICTURES, and HEAT AND DUST reflect her own experiences as a British citizen living in a foreign land. At the time the film was released in 1983, HEAT AND DUST was Merchant Ivory's biggest commercial success.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on April 2, 2006 2:16 PM

This BAFTA Award winner for Best Adapted Screenplay is a quality film that is not to be missed . A film from the Merchant Ivory stable ,
it blends east with west , and moving effortlessly between the vibrant world of modern - day India and the magnificent splendour of the Raj , Heat and Dust intertwines the contemporary story of Anne , a
young woman drawn to India by her desire to unravel the scandel surrounding her great - aunt Olivia's seduction in the 1920s by a glamerous Indian prince . Wonderful acting from Julie Christie ,
Julian Glover , Madhur Jaffrey , Greta Scacchi and Christopher Cassenove .

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio Commentary - 1. Ismail Merchant - Producer, Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Year:	1982
Release Date:	June 30, 2003
Runtime:	124 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	O D X 20260
Label:	The Merchant Ivory Collection
Keywords:	Dust, Heat, English, General, Drama
Genre:	Drama