Maj Gen Prabal Sen

Very nice movie beautifully scripted. Mid life complications of an urban couple. Further complicated by a neighbour in unhappy marriage. Awesome music ( Bernstein) and most of all, superb portrayal as Libby Meredith, wife of the law professor - by Ingrid Bergman. Set in Tennessee - the change in weather from cold winter to warmer spring - reflect the relationship between Bergman and a neighbour, while on vacation - Anthony Quinn. Perhaps Quinn is miscast. Fritz Weaver as the professor is better - subtle yet intense in the end. Surprised by the low rating. If you are beyond your prime - like me - ignore the rating and view this.

A film about the British colonial power and the hapless Indians. It's about clash of civilisation- albeit with subtlety and between unequal sides. James Fox is amazing- the kind of Englishman an Indian finds acceptable as fair and just. Very convincing portrayal. Peggy Ashcroft and Sayed Jaffry are good too. Victor Bannerjee transforms from a pliant thoroughly colonised Indian doctor to a defiant human. The music by Maurice Jarr is very good. Adela ( in the end, that is in the courtroom- refusing to tell a lie to help prosecution and later in the letter she writes) and Fox prove that all Englishmen and women were not bad. The film, ' though nominated for 11 Oscars, received only two, losing to Amadeus is immensely watchable. Preferably several times, with gaps. Reading the novel would help.