A mesmerizing last film from one of the greatest directors of our time, David Lean (‘Lawrence of Arabia’, ‘Dr. Zhivago’, ‘A Bridge on The River Kwai’). ‘A Passage to India’ is a great film that that gives us an insight as to what life was like in the 1920’s in British colonial India. E.M. Forster who wrote A Passage to India brought two elements of his background to the writing of this novel. He served as a private secretary to a local maharajah so he knew the customs of India as well as the political scene. The stuff that usually gets dismissed with a wave of the hand—the art direction, the music (Maurice Jarre reserved his best scores for David Lean), the photography, the editing, the indefinable assuredness of narrative flow—everything is as marvellous as ever. The new generation must rediscover the works of this great human being who created some of the most memorable, fantastic, larger than life epic experiences that have inspired countless directors (like Steven Spielberg) in their work. ‘A Passage To India’ is no exception. It is a heart-wrenching, nightmarishly beautiful film, at the same time so dream like, it transports you to another world that penetrates through the spirit of self discovery.