Cotton Mary / Universal ; Merchant Ivory Productions presents a film by Ismail Merchant ; directed by Ismail Merchant ; written by Alexandra Viets ; produced by Nayeem Hafizka, Richard Hawley.

1954, the Malabar Coast. British and Anglo-Indian identities blur when an English-woman with a neglectful husband births a sickly baby. Cotton Mary, a hospital aide and moralizing Anglophile who claims her father was a British officer, takes over the infant's care and, without a word to the mother,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm)
Merchant Ivory Productions
Universal City Studios
Other Authors: Scacchi, Greta (Actor)
Jaffrey, Madhur, 1933- (Actor)
Wilby, James (Actor)
Gupta, Neena (Actor)
Badel, Sarah (Actor)
David, Joanna (Actor)
Jaffrey, Sakina (Actor)
Jones, Gemma (Actor)
Nadira, 1932-2006 (Actor)
Raj, Prayag (Actor)
Sikri, Surekha (Actor)
Lumley, Laura (Actor)
Merchant, Ismail (Director)
Viets, Alexandra (Screenwriter)
Hafizka, Nayeem (Producer)
Hawley, Richard (Producer) (Producer)
Language:English
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English (surround) or French language soundtrack with optional French subtitles ; closed-captioned in English.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2000], ©2000.
©2000
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Social classes > India > Drama.
Racially mixed people > India > Drama.
Indic drama (English)
Women > India > Drama.
India > Social conditions > 1947- > Drama.
Malabar Coast (India) > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Since 1947
English drama.
Racially mixed people.
Social classes.
Social conditions.
Women.
India.
India > Malabar Coast.
Genre:
Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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