Madame Sousatzka DVD
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Film Details
Directed by John Schlesinger
Produced in 1988
Main Language - English
Countries & Regions - British Film
Cast
Shirley MacLaine, Peggy Ashcroft, Shabana Azmi, Twiggy, Navin Chowdhry
Genres
Contemporary Drama • Contemporary British Film • Contemporary British Film
Film Description
Sushila Sen moves with husband and son Manek from Bengal to England. When her husband passes away, she has to struggle by herself to support her son, who is beginning to excel at playing the piano and is given tuition by Russian immigrant Madame Sousatzka. Then Sushila loses her job, and Manek is under pressure to use his piano skills to make some money.
Adapted by Schlesinger and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by Bernice Rubens, the film stars a Golden Globe winning Shirley MacLaine as the red-haired, black-cloaked, jewellery-encrusted Madame Sousatzka, a Russian-American piano teacher whose concern for her students goes far beyond scales and arpeggios. 'I don’t just teach piano', she proclaims, 'I teach how to live.' Devoted to the cultivation of the artistic spirit, Madame Sousatzka attempts to mould her students into embodiments of European culture, hiding a deep need to vicariously fulfil her own dashed dreams through her students’ success.
DVD Details
Certificate: 15
Publisher: Network
Length: 115 mins
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Region: 2
Cat No: 7952723
Format: DVD Colour
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