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4/4
Roger Ebert

Director
  
John Schlesinger

Music director
  
Gerald Gouriet

6.6/10
IMDb

75%
Rotten Tomatoes

Genre
  
Drama, Music

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Madame Sousatzka movie poster

Writer
  
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
,
Bernice Rubens

Release date
  
October 14, 1988

Screenplay
  
Bernice Rubens, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Cast
  
Shirley MacLaine
(Madame Yuvline Sousatzka),
Peggy Ashcroft
(Lady Emily),
Twiggy
(Jenny),
Shabana Azmi
(Sushila Sen),
Leigh Lawson
(Ronnie Blum),
Geoffrey Bayldon
(Mr. Cordle)

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Madame sousatzka at the heathland school 1987


Madame Sousatzka is a 1988 British drama film directed by John Schlesinger, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It is based upon the novel of the same name by Bernice Rubens.

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Madame sousatzka 1988 trailer


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-American 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

  • Shirley MacLaine as Madame Sousatzka
  • Navin Chowdhry as Manek
  • Shabana Azmi as Sushila
  • Peggy Ashcroft as Lady Emily
  • Robert Rietty as Leo Milev
  • Twiggy as Jenny
  • Leigh Lawson as Ronnie
  • Lee Montague as Vincent Pick

    • Awards

  • Golden Globes
  • Best Actress - Drama - Shirley MacLaine - WON
  • Venice Film Festival
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actress - Shirley MacLaine - WON

    • Availability

    The film was released in U.S. theaters on 14 October 1988. Some time after its theatrical run, the movie was released on videocassette by MCA Home Video in 1989. The movie was released on DVD in the U.S. by Universal Studios Home Entertainment under their Vault Series banner on 28 August 2014.

    A region 2 DVD was released by Network in 2007 (catalogue nr. 7952723). The extras are a trailer and some production stills.

    References

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