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1999
R
2h 4m
5.2IMDb
36%Rotten Tomatoes
52Metascore

Drama

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What it's about

1954, the Malabar Coast. British and Anglo-Indian identities blur when an English-woman with a neglectful husband births a sickly baby. Cotton Mary, a hospital aide and moralizing Anglophile who claims her father was a British officer, takes over the infant's care and, without a word to the mother, takes the baby daily to her sister to nurse. Mary moves into the English household, taking over more and more duties as she plays on the mother's fatigue and lack of spousal counsel: in effect, Mary colonizes the English household while she pilfers its stores and tells tall tales to her own family. For how long can Mary sustain her rule before the Englishwoman stands on her own feet?

Cast and crew

Director: Ismail Merchant, Madhur Jaffrey
Writer: Alexandra Viets
Starring: Greta Scacchi, Madhur Jaffrey, James Wilby

Details

Release date: Dec 17, 1999
Language: English
Country: France, United Kingdom, United States
Box office: $299,432