GP | 1h 52min | Drama, Musical, Romance | 18 November 1970 | Color, ws
Director: James Ivory
Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Zia Mohyeddin.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065484/
Watched online, mediocre print.
Nothing on the Soundtracks page. Very few songs performed, and none like a Bollywood film now. I would never have tagged this with Music, much less Musical.
This is the first M-I film I've rated, and might be the last. I've never been attracted to their romantic subject matter. This is an early work, and not well rated on IMDb (5.8 with 380+ votes).
I don't know what the synopsis writer considers middle age, but the white lady is there, not "nearing" it.
We go through a lot of angst, a lot of seduction (I think she slept with more than one guy, I'm not sure), a lot of betrayal (this movie-star guy on the poster is married), and a murder at the end. The only surprise is that the murder was between the 2 guys; none of the women was directly involved.
I didn't particularly care to see the Indian settings we're shown.
With the exception of the 1 British actress, and a handful of Anglo names in the crew, this was an all-India production, but apparently (per IMDb) with US funding. (Merchant was born in India, Ivory in US.)
Don't waste any more time on this.
Merchant Ivory, dir. Ivory; 5
