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Madame Sousatzka

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Madame Sousatzka
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PG13,1hr 53min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1988
Director:
John Schlesinger
Starring:
Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Peggy Ashcroft  ...more
Synopsis: Shirley MacLaine is Madame Sousatzka, an aging piano instructor of Russian extraction. Entrenched in a dilapidated London rooming house, the Madame gives lessons only to the most gifted. She does not stop at mere instruction; Sousatzka insists that her pupils conduct their lives in the same genteel, cultured manner in which she was raised. Her prize student at the moment is an East Indian teenage boy (Navin Chowdhry), who forms a strong and loving bond with the old woman. Director John Schlesinger ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Director John Schlesinger reins in Shirley MacLaine's penchant for scenery-chewing in this story of a young piano prodigy (Navin Chowdhry) and his eccentric mentor. There's very little scenery for MacLaine to chew: set against the drab backdrop of London's suburbs, the film divides its time among the many characters in the boy's life, from his opportunistic mother (Shabana Azmi) to Sousatzka's leggy ... Full Review
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Shirley MacLaine
Mme. Irina Sousatzka
Navin Chowdhry
Manek Sen
Peggy Ashcroft
Lady Emily
Twiggy
Jenny
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