Rent Partition (1987)
3.7 of 5 from 51 ratings
1h 18min
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- Synopsis:
- The tumultuous events surrounding the sub-continent's partition in 1947 into India and Pakistan are re-imagined in Ken McMullen's complex and visually striking film. A lunatic asylum in the city of Lahore becomes a mirror image of events in the outside political world, with the same actors playing both inmates and rulers. Adapted by Tariq Ali and McMullen from famous Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story ‘Toba Tek Singh’, Partition speaks for the countless millions that the usual British Raj films sweep out of sight.
- Actors:
- Bhasker Patel, Saeed Jaffrey, Shaheen Khan, Leonie Mellinger, Zia Mohyeddin, Zohra Sehgal, Roshan Seth, John Shrapnel, Tusse Silberg, Sunil Tanna, Tariq Yunus
- Directors:
- Ken McMullen
- Writers:
- Tariq Ali, Ken McMullen
- Studio:
- SECOND RUN DVD
- Genres:
- Drama
