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Mystic Masseur

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Mystic Masseur (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 1 Fresh: 1  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 6.0/10
 
Consensus: Though pretty to look at, The Mystic Masseur is too slow-paced and lacks narrative tension.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Synopsis: THE MYSTIC MASSEUR is a delightfully warm, funny drama about Ganesh (Assif Mandvi), an ethnic Indian living in Trinidad. While working as a teacher in Port of Spain, Ganesh learns of his father's death. After returning home to his country village for the funeral, he decides to stay and write... THE MYSTIC MASSEUR is a delightfully warm, funny drama about Ganesh (Assif Mandvi), an ethnic Indian living in Trinidad. While working as a teacher in Port of Spain, Ganesh learns of his father's death. After returning home to his country village for the funeral, he decides to stay and write books. His chronically hiccupping auntie (Zohra Segal) encourages him. Ramlogan (the great Om Puri), an old family friend, pushes the bookish Ganesh to pursue his beautiful young daughter, Leela (Ayesha Dharker of Santosh Sivan's THE TERRORIST). Ramlogan is delighted when Ganesh and Leela get married but later Leela grows frustrated with Ganesh's total immersion in his writing work. When his first book fails to sell, Ganesh returns to healing, and soon becomes a local legend, THE MYSTIC MASSEUR. Ismail Merchant (producer of the Merchant-Ivory films) directed the film, and effortlessly captures the simple beauty of his locations. The veteran cast is superb, bringing the perfect light touch to the material. Mandvi is particularly good in portraying Ganesh's believable transformation from bookworm to celebrity. THE MYSTIC MASSEUR is an adaptation of Sir V. S. Naipaul's first novel. Naipaul won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Aasif Mandvi, Om Puri, Jimi Mistry, Ayesha Dharker, Zohra Segal

Director: Ismail Merchant
Screenwriter: Caryl Phillips
Producer: Richard Hawley, Nayeem Hafizka
Composer: Richard Robbins

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 2, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailer

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection

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jazza923 07/07/06
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Very beautiful film, the Trinidad location is a huge plus, nicely filmed, but curiously uninvolving. It has all the... More
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