Heat and Dust

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Heat and Dust

R,

1983,

2h 13m,

Drama

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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 the scene of the crime: India. In the 1920s, Olivia had been married to an official in the colonial government, but had an affair with an Indian man that resulted in an abortion and disgrace. By coincidence, Anne also finds herself conducting an affair with an Indian man, and faces similar social prejudice.

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Gavin Millar

Sight & Sound

Mar 16, 2020

As a meditation on time, or colonialism, or national character, or on fashions in religion, philosophy, or medicine, or on the immutabilities of sex, Heat and Dust is as wise as it is unpretentious.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Mar 8, 2019

4/5

After 37 years, Heat and Dust stands up as an intelligent, ambitious, substantial picture - with flaws but also intriguing aspects that were perhaps not sufficiently understood at the time.

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Bilge Ebiri

Village Voice

Aug 29, 2017

There's a whole lot of cathartic pain in Heat and Dust, if you know where to look for it.

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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

Sep 25, 2024

This won't be remembered as one of Merchant Ivory's classics, but it's an enticing story beautifully rendered nonetheless, and one that won Jhabvala a BAFTA for her adapted screenplay.

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

Dec 11, 2020

Heat and Dust's mistake is the protraction of Anne's narrative into more than the framing device it logically ought to be.

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Molly Haskell

Vogue

Feb 26, 2020

In retreating from emotional involvement with its characters, Heat and Dust ultimately suffers from the gentility it parodies.

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James Ivory

Director

Julie Christie

Anne (1982. In Satipur Town)

Greta Scacchi

Olivia, his wife (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)

Christopher Cazenove

Douglas Rivers, the Assistant Collector (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur

Julian Glover

Olivia, his wife (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)

Susan Fleetwood

Mrs. Crawford, the Burra Mensahib (The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur)

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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 the scene of the crime: India. In the 1920s, Olivia had been married to an official in the colonial government, but had an affair with an Indian man that resulted in an abortion and disgrace. By coincidence, Anne also finds herself conducting an affair with an Indian man, and faces similar social prejudice.

Director: James Ivory
Producer: Ismail Merchant
Screenwriter: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Distributor: Universal Classics
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 24, 1983, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Sep 1, 2017
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 12, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.9K
Runtime: 2h 13m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby

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