Immaculate Conception
Directed byJamil Dehlavi
Written byJamil Dehlavi
Produced byJamil Dehlavi
StarringJames Wilby
Melissa Leo
Shabana Azmi
CinematographyNicholas D. Knowland
Edited byChris Barnes
Music byRichard Harvey
Release date
  • 11 September 1992 (1992-09-11)
Running time
120 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Immaculate Conception is a 1992 film written and directed by British director Jamil Dehlavi with James Wilby, Melissa Leo and Shabana Azmi playing the lead roles.

The film won the Special Jury prize at the Festival of British Cinema, Dinard.

Plot

Hannah, Jewish-American daughter of a US senator, and her British lover Alistair, working as an environmentalist in Pakistan, desperate for a child, visit the eunuch shrine of Gulab Shah which has a reputation for curing infertility. While Alistair is embroiled in a brief love affair with a Pakistani photographer, Hannah conceives and decides to convert to Islam, coaxing Alistair to do the same, causing a conflict with her family. Meanwhile, the eunuchs from the shrine develop an interest in Hannah's baby, leading to tension from the clash of cultures and religious beliefs.[1][2][3]

Cast

Critical response

Kim Newman reviewing the film in Empire Online wrote, "despite trying to shoehorn oodles of secondary themes into the brew, the psychological tug-of-war between Islam and Judaism, some nasty imperialist behaviour, and the downbeat ending make this well worth a look, if for no other reason than Western audiences rarely get a chance to see anything vaguely Asian."[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jamil Dehlavi – Immaculate Conception (1992)". Cinema of the world. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Immaculate Conception-Review". Empire Online. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Immaculate Conception-Synopsis". Fandango. Retrieved 13 August 2015.


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