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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

A Passage to India
1984
**½
Director: David Lean
Cast: Judie Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness

David Lean's final film, adapted from E.M. Forster's novel, is not in the same league with his earlier masterpieces, such as Lawrence of Arabia. The locations in India are gorgeous and the film is beautiful to look at, but the characters and the story, about an English woman who goes to India, leave you cold.