The Bengali Night (La nuit bengali)
by Nicolas Klotz
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Actor: Hugh Grant, John Hurt, Shabana Azmi, Soumitra Chatterjee, Supriya PathakDirector: Nicolas Klotz
Cinematographer: Emmanuel Machuel
Writer: Nicolas Klotz
Editor: Jean-Fran?ois Naudon
Producer: Philippe Diaz
Writer: Jean-Claude Carri?re
Writer: Mircea Eliade
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Unknown
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 153 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Goldhill Home Media
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Movie Review: Bengali night is a train wreck in slo-mo
Summary: 1 Stars
I found this film to be a conglomeration of eccentric characters poorly portrayed. The editor must have been on drugs. The film moves in awkward jerks like a five-car pileup in slow motion. The storyline is predictable and offers nothing to recommend it. The true story has promise as a film, but this production is not it.
Hugh Grant as Allan is a gray, featureless character moving like he's overdosed on Valium. Allan's girlfriend is simply a freak. (None of the relationships are clearly drawn.) John Hurt's talent is wasted on a character of little consequence. Maybe he is supposed to be the comic relief. Supriya Pathak as Gayatri is absolutely gorgeous. Unfortunately her beauty cannot save this mess.
The real killer was that the DVD had the quality of a pirated movie. It had the appearance of a an 8-mm home movie copied directly to DVD (in someone's garage). The quality is grainy with extremely harsh contrast: shadows are muddy while highlights are washed out. The colors are garish. Hugh and John's faces break out like acne in lurid tenges of red and yellow. The titles are severely blurred. A line of text that appears at the beginning of the film -- that is meant as an introduction to the film -- is unreadable.
Need I go on?
Summary of The Bengali Night (La nuit bengali)
Hugh Grant (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jone's Diary) stars as a British engineer who becomes entangled in a forbidden romance with his Indian employer's eldest daughter. As their passion ignites, the East-meets-West clash of cultures leads to surprising and tragic consequences. Based on a true story, the film beautifully captures the magic and mystery of India. The accomplished cast includes John Hurt (Elephant Man, Midnight Express) and Shabana Azmi, one of India's greatest film starsArt House & International DVD Video
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