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EARTH

Director:

  Deepa Mehta
  

Year Released:

  1998

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4.5 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Nandita Das
  Rahul Khanna
  Aamir Khan
  Maia Sethna
  Arif Zakaria
Movie Haiku:A film about the conflict between Hindus & Moslems in post-colonial India that humanizes the epic "partition scenes" in GANDHI. A prosperous Parsee family watches helplessly as their world collapses around them & former friends choose sides. Haunting.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2000