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Aro Recommended Brick Lane

 

UK / India 2007, 101 minutes
Dir. Sarah Gavron
In English, Hindi with English subtitles
Genres: Drama

Topics: Indigenous & Minority Cultures.

 

Aroview: Multi-layered drama based on the popular Monica Ali novel focuses on the transformative tale of a young woman forced to leave her Bangladeshi village for an arranged marriage and a lacklustre existence in back-blocks London.

Scaling down the novel’s scope for a more subdued portrayal of the modern immigrant experience, this is perhaps a touch too constrained to fully sustain its thematic weight, but is bolstered by a pair of strong lead performances, while dir. Gavron’s poetic sensibility and patient pacing gives rise to unforced and often unexpected moments of poignancy.

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