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National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood.
| Release : | 2015 |
| Rating : | 8.6 |
| Studio : | National Theatre, |
| Crew : | Director, Book, |
| Cast : | Meera Syal Vincent Ebrahim Muzz Khan Ranjit Krishnamma Hiran Abeysekera |
| Genre : | Drama |
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Reviews
Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
