A Passage to India

A Passage to India

David Lean, the Director of "Doctor Zhivago", "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Bridge on the River Kwai", invites you on . .

Directed by David Lean

Produced by EMI Films, John Brabourne and Richard Goodwyn Productions

1984163 min6.8 / 10

A sweeping, visually magnificent meditation on cultural misunderstanding and the tragic impossibility of genuine connection across the colonial divide.

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

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  • Is A Passage to India sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is A Passage to India one of a kind? Yes. More singular than 88% of films.

  • Does A Passage to India end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is A Passage to India violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is A Passage to India scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is A Passage to India easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity91

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Surprise25

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Love60

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