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A Passage to India

A Passage to India

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 14, 1984

Runtime

2h 43m

Genres

Drama, Adventure, History

User Score

68%

Original Title

A Passage to India

Production Companies

EMI Films, John Brabourne and Richard Goodwyn Productions, HBO Films

Director

David Lean

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$27,201,487

Description

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.