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The mistress of spices / The Weinstein Company ; Kintop Pictures/Balle Pictures/Capitol Films and Ingenious Film Partners present in association with Isle of Man Film ; a Nayar/Chadha production ; a film by Paul Mayeda Berges ; produced by Deepak Nayar and Gurinder Chadha ; screenplay by Gurinder Chadha & Paul Mayeda Berges ; directed by Paul Mayeda Berges.
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- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956---Film adaptations.
- Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee.
- Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-.
- Spices--Drama.
- Spices.
- East Indian Americans--California--Oakland--Social life and customs--Drama.
- East Indian Americans.
- Women immigrants--California--Oakland--Social life and customs--Drama.
- Women immigrants.
- Food in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Motion pictures, American.
- Manners and customs.
- Oakland (Calif.)--Drama.
- Oakland (Calif.).
- California--Oakland.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Fantasy films.
- Romance films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Genius Products, [2007,c2005]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles.
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Tilo is an immigrant from India, and a shopkeeper, who is also the "Mistress of Spices." The spices which she gives to her customers help them to satisfy their needs and desires. Her life changes when she falls in love with Doug, an American man.
- Participant:
- Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Nitin Ganatra, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Caroline Chikezie, Shaheen Khan, Anupam Kher.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Santosh Sivan ; editor, Alexandro Rodríguez ; music composer, Craig Pruess.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
- Based on the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
- Special features: Making of The mistress of spices; theatrical trailer.
- ISBN:
- 1594446628
- 9781594446627
- OCLC:
- 124506596
- Publisher Number:
- 796019802741
- 80274 Genius Products
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