The Waiting City
2009 · Movie · 100 min. · Australia
An outwardly happy Australian couple, Ben & Fiona, journey to Calcutta, India to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements at the agency have yet to be finalised. They have no option but to wait in this chaotic, foreign place. But as the intoxicating mystic powers of the Indian city pulls them in each separate and unexpected directions, the vulnerability of their marriage begins to reveal itself. Forced to confront their differences and the concealed deep secrets that they've both been long avoiding, Ben and Fiona ultimately rediscover themselves and a belief in life's possibilities, their marriage and the invigorating power and joy of the human spirit.
Direction Claire McCarthy
Cast Radha Mitchell · Joel Edgerton · Samrat Chakrabarti · Isabel Lucas · Tilotama Shome · Barun Chanda · Tanushree Shankar
Soundtrack Michael Yezerski
Screenplay Claire McCarthy
Cinematography Denson Baker
Original title The Waiting City
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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