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Amu

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A 21-year-old Indian-American woman learns of secrets and lies that tie her origins to a horrifying genocide.

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Amu uses one woman's experiences to train a lens on a painful period in Indian history with heartbreaking clarity.

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John Anderson Newsday 06/21/2007
3/4
Shot with remarkable confidence and an understated eloquence. Go to Full Review
Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter 06/15/2007
Less about finger-pointing than a plea for India to confront its past. Go to Full Review
Carina Chocano Los Angeles Times 06/14/2007
3/5
An admirable labor of love that stumbles dramatically but gets along on its sincere good intentions. Go to Full Review
David Walsh World Socialist Web Site 02/15/2021
The film is a worthy effort. The scenes of 'ethnic cleansing' in 1984 are horrific, especially an efficient, cold-blooded attack on a train. Go to Full Review
Bob Strauss Los Angeles Daily News 06/15/2007
3/4
A work of evident passion and outrage, Amu is also remarkable for its humanism and persuasive, natural presentation. Go to Full Review
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12/18/2016 Very well made movie. A good story and well directed and edited. The leads have done a great job. A sad time in recent Indian history which hasn't had enough coverage , a story which deserved to be told See more 09/11/2016 Between a 6/10 and 7/10, Amu stumbles dramatically but is clearly a labor of love for the activist filmmaker, as she breaks all the traditional inhibitions of Bollywood to remind the world of -- and, for most of us, reveal for the first time -- one of the most shameful episodes in Indian history. See more 08/27/2014 A film very directly pointing out the problem of Indian sectarian violence and showing some of the painful consequences. See more 07/27/2011 Excellent film about a young women who discovers secrets about her past. Very beautifully filmed and well acted. See more 07/30/2010 Konkona Sen was ok.. but the storyline was not good. pretty unrealistic, when they are trying to portray a real incident. some scenes were overdone.. See more 06/24/2010 loved konkana sen's performance in this film. raw. real. so not ur typical bolywood flick. one thing bollywood has mastered is the art of making you succumb to heartwrenching scenes that leaves u bawling your eyes out. it gets me every single time *sniff* *sniff* See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A 21-year-old Indian-American woman learns of secrets and lies that tie her origins to a horrifying genocide.
Director
Shonali Bose
Producer
Shonali Bose
Screenwriter
Shonali Bose
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Bangla
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 7, 2016
Runtime
1h 42m
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