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Cotton
Mary
a film by Ismail Merchant
written by Alexandra Viets
starring Madhur Jaffrey, Greta Scacchi,
Sakina Jaffrey and James Wilby
opens March 15th, 2000
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"This
riveting drama of a half-mad Anglo-Indian woman and
the shattered Memsahib whose life she tries to take
over is a triumph for director Ismail Merchant.
Set
in India after the Raj, it's both a psychological horror
story and an unsparing portrait of the way colonialism
corrupts everyone it touches, the ruler and the ruled.
The very fine Madhur Jaffrey, Greta Scacchi and James
Wilby grace the film with what may well be their best
performances ever."
- by Karen Durbin of
MIRABELLA
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Madhur
Jaffrey's "PERFORMANCES DO NOT DEPEND ON THE PROJECTION
OF BRILLIANT PERSONALITY, BUT ON THE SUGGESTION OF HISTORY -
COMPLEX, UNRESOLVED, AT TIMES UNKNOWABLE AND INESCAPABLE."
Patricia Storace, THE NEW YORK REVIEW
"ISMAIL
MERCHANT'S HEART - RENDING PORTRAIT OF ANGLO-INDIAN SNOBBERY
AND REVERSE SNOBBERY BROUGHT TO LUMINOUS LIFE BY THE MAGNIFICENT
PERFORMANCES OF MADHUR JAFFREY AND GRETA SCACCHI AS TWO MUTUALLY
DEPENDENT VICTIMS OF THE LINGERING CURSE OF COLONIALISM."
Andrew Sarris, THE NEW YORK OBSERVER
"COTTON
MARY IS IMPECCABLY PRODUCED - DESIGNED, MASTERFULLY ACTED, AND
BEAUTIFULLY, PASSIVELY PHOTOGRAPHED."
Girls On Film, OXYGEN ONLINE
PUBLICATION
"ENJOYABLE,
UNIFORMLY WELL - ACTED AND BEAUTIFULLY SHOT - EVERY INCH A MERCHANT
IVORY PRODUCTION."
Clayton Hickman,
FILM REVIEW
"POWERFUL,
ENGROSSING, A FILM YOU WON'T SOON FORGET."
Bill Gregoli of WESTWOOD 1 RADIO, FILM
REVIEW
"AN
EXQUISITE PORTRAIT OF POSTCOLONIAL INDIA IN THE 50'S"
Neil
Norman, EVENING STANDARD
"...ANOTHER
BEAUTIFUL MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTION WHICH PULLS OUT ALL THE
STOPS TO CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF LOCATION & TIME..."
Cheryl
Stonehouse, EXPRESS
Ismail
Merchant's
"RAVISHING
NEW FILM, COTTON MARY."
- VOGUE
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