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My Son, the Fanatic (DVD)

Om Puri (actor), Rachel Griffiths (actor) and Udayan Prasad (director)

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Review

Entertainment Weekly, 02/11/2000, p.79, "...Quirky..." -- Rating: A- - Recommended

Sight and Sound, 05/01/98, p53-4, "...What is particularly successful about MY SON THE FANATIC is its representation of fundamentalism as solidly modern..."

Chicago Sun-Times, 07/02/1999, p.32, "...Om Puri's performance is based on the substantial strength of his physical presence, and on his-clear-sighted view of his world as an exile..."

New York Times, 06/25/1999, p.E14, "...Written with delicacy and dry humor....It's an atmospheric and persuasively acted film..."

Premiere, 07/01/1999, p.28, "...Wise, funny, troubling, and touching..."

USA Today, 06/25/1999, p.8E, "...There's nothing glib about this movie, though despite its dark undertones, it is funny....This is a rockin' little time-rewarder..."

Los Angeles Daily News, 06/25/1999, p.F2, "...Intelligent, poignant and witty, it involves us in real issues without stinting on their complexity..."

Rolling Stone, 7/8-22/1999, p.164, "...[A] moving, painfully funny film. In Om Puri's award-caliber performance, the price of happiness is rendingly observed..."

Distributor Note

My Son The Fanatic

Academy Award(R)-nominee Rachel Griffiths (HILARY AND JACKIE, MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING) stars in a critically acclaimed story of unlikely love set against a clash of cultures and generations! Parvez is a cab driver who left Pakistan in search of a better life for his family. Now he feels that he is losing his only son, Farid, to the conversative beliefs he abandoned long ago. Meanwhile, Parvez befriends a compassionate woman (Griffiths) and finds the comfort, support, and tenderness he does not have with his own family. When the disapproving Farid discovers this relationship, however, an uncomfortable situation boils over as Parvez is forced to choose between the son he adores ... and the woman who understands him!

Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment

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Product Notes

A bittersweet story about a Pakistani taxicab driver in London who learns the hard way that "multiculturalism" is a myth. Actor Om Puri, typically the villain in Indian cinema, is likeable as the innocent Parvez, who for the first time in his life raises questions about the life he has made for himself and his family in England. The film centers around his relationship with a prostitute (Griffiths of HILARY AND JACKIE). Over time, he seeks refuge in his friendship with Bettina from his estranged family. At the same time, his only son is zealously embracing his Muslim heritage in an effort to fill the void left by his disenchantment with Western ideals. All of these come to a head in this marvelously acted, beautifully written film.

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