- Madame Sousatzka
Infobox Film
name = Madame Sousatzka
caption =
director =John Schlesinger
producer =
writer =Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (besed on the novel byBernice Rubens )
starring =Shirley MacLaine Navin Chowdhry Shabana Azmi Peggy Ashcroft Twiggy Leigh Lawson Barry Douglas
music =Gerald Gouriet
cinematography =Nat Crosby
editing =Peter Honess
distributor =Universal Pictures
released =October 14 ,1988
runtime = 122 minutes
language = English
budget =
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followed_by =
imdb_id = 0095564"Madame Sousatzka" (1988) is a film directed by
John Schlesinger , with a screenplay byRuth Prawer Jhabvala . It is based upon the novel of the same name byBernice Rubens .__TOC__Plot synopsis
Bengali 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 immigrant. Madame Sousatzka, while highly talented, never succeeded as a pianist and thus lives through her students, particularly talented ones such as Manek. Manek is soon forced to choose between Madame Sousatzka and his mother who both compete for his attention...Cast
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Shirley MacLaine :*Navin Chowdhry :*Shabana Azmi :*Peggy Ashcroft :*Twiggy :*Leigh Lawson :*Barry Douglas References
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IMDb webpage: [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095564/ tt0095564] .
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