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  1. Indian immigrant Sushila Sen (Shabana Azmi) lives in London with her son Manek (Navin Chowdhry), who is musically gifted. She supports them both as a caterer of Indian food, while Manek studies the piano with Madame Sousatzka (Shirley MacLaine), who is a Russian -American immigrant.

  2. Her mother pushed her too fast, to soon, and she broke down in the middle of her debut concert, and fled from the stage. That humiliation is still in her nightmares, and still shapes her attitude toward her students.

  3. Sep 3, 2021 · Like her, the boy has non-British origins, the son of a Bengali woman who does everything to support her child and his potential as a future concert pianist. These specificities were invented for the film. In the original 1962 novel, both Sousatzka and her pupil share Jewish heritage instead.

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  4. Synopsis. I teach not only how to play, but how to live. In London, eccentric piano instructor Madame Sousatzka takes on a new prize protégé, Manek, a teenage Bengali immigrant who displays incredible talent.

    • (562)
    • Universal Pictures, Cineplex-Odeon Films
    • John Schlesinger
  5. A child piano prodigy, Manek's schoolteacher refers him to a piano teacher, Irina Sousatzka, a Russian immigrant renowned for her teaching skills. Irina forms a strong bond with Manek, not only teaching him piano but also valuable life lessons.

    • (1.7K)
    • Drama, Music
    • John Schlesinger
    • 1988-10-14
  6. Oct 14, 1988 · John Schlesinger's ''Madame Sousatzka'' is as much of an antique as the woman herself and a long, sentimental celebration of the ''great pianist and pedagogue,'' as one of Madame's admirers...

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  8. Jan 1, 1988 · Her latest protege is a 15-year-old Indian youth, Manek (Navin Chowdhry) whose mother (Shabana Azmi) left Calcutta years before to get away from her husband.

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