Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Bollywood 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'

Trishna stars Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) and Riz Ahmed (Centurion) and is based on Thomas Hardy's novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles." The film is set in contemporary India and tells the tragic love story between the son of a wealthy property developer and the daughter of a rickshaw driver.

Directed by Michael Winterbottom who has previously taken on other adaptations of Thomas Hardy - Jude and The Claim (based on Mayor of Casterbridge).

The film will debut at tiff in Toronto this fall.

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