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Earth (1998)

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Drama
Release Date:September 10, 1999
Running time:110 minutes
Cast:Nandita Das, Kitu Gidwani, Aamir Khan, Rahul Khanna, Kulbhushan Khabanda
Director:Deepa Mehta
Producer:Anne Masson, Deepa Mehta, Delip Mehta
Writer:Deepa Mehta
Distributor:Zeitgeist Films

Description: Deepa Mehta directs this tale about the 1947 Partition of India. Told through the eyes of an eight-year-old child, it's a story about the violence and hardships which the country endures as war spreads throughout the region. Overcoming citizens of all economic and social classes, the film mirrors contemporay situations such as the conflict in Kosovo.

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