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Heat and Dust is a 1983 British historical romantic drama film, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on her novel, Heat and Dust (1975). It was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant. It stars Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor and Julie Christie. The plot of Heat and Dust follows two intertwined
Heat and Dust (1975) is a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala that won the Booker Prize in 1975. The book was also ranked by The Telegraph in 2014 as one of the 10 all-time greatest Asian novels.
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- 1975
Jan 1, 1975 · Set in colonial India during the 1920s, Heat and Dust tells the story of Olivia, a beautiful woman suffocated by the propriety and social constraints of her position as the wife of an important English civil servant.
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- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
A film about two love stories in India, one in the 1920s and one in the present day, that explore the clash of cultures and the double standards of women. Roger Ebert praises the film's seductive and angry tone, its sights and sounds and textures, and its exploration of the subcontinent.
When Anne (Julie Christie) discovers a long-forgotten family scandal involving her deceased grandmother, Olivia (Greta Scacchi), she decides to investigate further by traveling to...
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- Julie Christie
Heat and Dust is a historical fiction that explores the love and scandal of two women, one in colonial India in the 1920s and one in the 1970s. The novel interweaves their stories with the themes of culture, identity, and independence in India.
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. The search leads back to the early 1920s, when Olivia, recently married to Douglas, a civil servant in the colonial administration, comes to live with him in India.
