Midnight's Children
A child and country were born at midnight once upon a time.
Directed by Deepa Mehta
Produced by Hamilton-Mehta Productions, Relativity Media
A sweeping, introspective adaptation of Rushdie's magical-realist novel that intertwines the coming-of-age of two children with India's post-independence transformation.
The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the country that is nothing like their parent's generation. A Canadian-British film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel of the same name.
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