Heat and Dust
1983 · Movie · R · 133 min · ★ 6.0 · 74% critics
A young woman travels to India to investigate the scandal-shadowed past of her grand-aunt, piecing together a story that moves between two eras. As she uncovers tangled relationships, cultural tensions, and colonial society’s rules, the search pushes her to question her own choices and identity.
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Details
- Years
- 1983
- Release date
- 1983-01-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (45 votes)
About
If you enjoy reflective period dramas about culture clash and personal reinvention, this may fit, especially if you like A Room with a View; Not for you if you want fast pacing, clear structure, or high emotional intensity.
Pros: lush locations and costumes; intriguing dual timeline; strong lead performances | Cons: slow, aimless pacing; emotionally distant characters; confusing time jumps
Themes
- based on novel or book
- family history
- india
- extramarital affair
- british colonial
- parallel story
- 1920s
- british raj
- uttar pradesh
Cast & crew
Julie Christie
as Anne
Greta Scacchi
as Olivia Rivers
Shashi Kapoor
as The Nawab
Nickolas Grace
as Harry Hamilton-Paul
Christopher Cazenove
as Douglas Rivers
Zakir Hussain
as Inder Lal, Anne's landlord
Julian Glover
as Crawford
Susan Fleetwood
as Mrs. Crawford
Patrick Godfrey
as Dr Saunders
Jennifer Kendal
as Mrs. Saunders
Directed by James Ivory