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Madame Sousatzka
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Wikipedia article
'Madame Sousatzka' is a 1988 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It is based upon the 1962 novel of the same name by Bernice Rubens.
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Plot
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
Accolades
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! Award
! Category
! Recipient(s)
! Result
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| British Academy Film Awards
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role
| Peggy Ashcroft
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| David di Donatello Awards
| Best Foreign Actress
| rowspan="2"| Shirley MacLaine
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| rowspan="2"| Golden Globe Awards
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
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| Best Original Score Motion Picture
| Gerald Gouriet
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| Retirement Research Foundation Awards
| Television and Theatrical Film Fiction
| Robin Dalton
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| colspan="2"| USC Scripter Awards
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ;
Bernice Rubens
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| rowspan="2"| Venice Film Festival
| Golden Lion
| John Schlesinger
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| Best Actress
| Shirley MacLaine
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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.
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