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Plot. 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.
“Madame Sousatzka” is a film about her efforts to protect the boy from all of the pressures and temptations around him, while simultaneously shoring up the ruins of her own world. As played by Shirley MacLaine, in one of the best performances of the year, she is a faded, aging woman who possesses great stubbornness and conviction.
Sushila, the mother, supports her son, Manek, by cooking pastries for an upscale department store out of her cramped kitchen. Manek is a raw child prodigy of the piano. For years, Sushila has been funding Manek's studies by selling off her family heirlooms.
Renowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When Manek's single mother's business fails, he must make a career decision. Bengali Sushila Sen and her son, Manek, relocate from India to London after Sushila's relationship with her husband fails.
With Shirley MacLaine, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy, Shabana Azmi. Renowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek Sen. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When his single mother Sushila's business fails, he must make a career decision.
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- Drama, Music
- John Schlesinger
- 1988-10-14
Here is a romance between the failures of the old and the brightness of youth, each character—except for the star pupil Manek—reaching to reclaim some of the glimmer that they see in his talent. the script could have subsisted on the catty cross-cultural and class feud between Manek’s mother and Madame Sousatzka alone, but instead unfolds ...
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.
