Nonton Film: 67794 heat and dust 1983 Sub Indo

Heat and Dust (1983)

Overview: Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt she is led to reconsider her own life.

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: James Ivory

Cast: Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor, Nickolas Grace, Christopher Cazenove

Original Language: EN

Original Title: Heat and Dust

Budget: N/A

Revenue: N/A

MPAA Rating: PG

Keywords: based on novel or book, family history, india, extramarital affair, british colonial, parallel story, 1920s, british raj, uttar pradesh

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Reviews

CinemaSerf (April 1, 2024)

It's not really too surprising that it was only Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's adaptation of her own novel that garnered any attention on the awards circuit from this film. Otherwise, it's a rather sterile story of mischief amongst the Raj that rather left me cold. The plot centres around the investigations of "Anne" (Julie Christie) into the goings-on in the 1920s that involved her lively great-aunt "Olive" (Greta Scacchi). Now this lady had only recently arrived to be with her new husband "Douglas" (Christopher Cazenove) and is swiftly immersed in the upper-class colonial lifestyle that sees her hobnobbing with the British establishment and with the local Nawab (Shashi Kapoor) who plays the game, subtly, for all it's worth. Meantime, we are aware of the precariousness of all of this as bandits maraud the countryside and anti-British sentiment is never far away. As "Anne" learns more about her relative, she begins to ask herself a few questions about her own life - and those imponderables lead her to begin to reevaluate who she is. It's a great looking film to watch, but somehow nobody ever manages to inject any passion or soul into their characters. Even the sex scenes come across strangely unemotional - in any sense. Christie worked far better for me in an earthier, more visceral, role and with the possible expception of Susan Fleetwood's "Mrs. Crawford", most of the cast were just too comfortable with there allocated persona. They came across as if they really could be the fatuous, entitled, cheating individuals - and I found that a little bit dull. There's plenty of dust, but heat? See what you think....