Earth

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Summary: A powerful, haunting story
Review: This an powerful story about the partition of India into two countries, India and Pakistan. There was a huge movement of people between the two countries, and thousands of people were massacred. The story takes place in Lahore, just before the partition, and is seen through the eyes of a ten-year old Parsi girl. She has a Hindu nanny, who is young and attractive. The nanny has a group of admirers, a Hindu, a Sikh and two Muslims. The director, Deepa Mehta, uses this little group of friends to portray the break-up of the country. At first they stay loyal to each other, but as the violence touches them, the cracks appear and suspicion and hatred creep in. The film is based on the book by Bapsi Sidhwa called The Ice-Candy Man (though the film calls it Cracking India--maybe it has two titles).

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Summary: HISTORICAL, SAD, DRAMA, ROMANCE, PERFECT FILM
Review: When I finished watching it my heart has filled with sadness. The acting is superb. Who'd think that there would be soo much betrayal and a MAJOR shift from hapiness to extreme sufering and sadness. The music although slow is also GREAT. This movie helped me on my project about India and taught me about life in India before the partition riots of 1947 and about what happened in 1947, the riots, and the meaning of India's independence to those who lived in what is now Pakistan.
The acting is exellent, there was nothing that I saw wrong with this movie at all. So much sad scenes of vicious violence, and silly scenes of childhood as well as great romance and heart influencing emotion. This movie has affected me sooo much.