Namesake - Zwei Welten, Eine Reise (2006)
Ashoke und Ashima Ganguli sind ein bengalisches Ehepaar, das kurz nach seiner arrangierten Hochzeit Kalkutta verlässt, um fortan in New York zu leben. Als sie für ihren neugeborenen Sohn einen Namen finden müssen, entscheidet sich Ashoke spontan für "Gogol", den Namen des berühmten russischen Schriftstellers. Der Name soll ein Bindeglied zwischen einer geheimen Vergangenheit und einer besseren Zukunft sein. Doch das Leben gestaltet sich für Gogol nicht so einfach: Er lebt das Leben amerikanischer Teenager mit allen seinen Sitten und Gebräuchen und ist doch zu Hause immer wieder mit seiner bengalischen, traditionellen Familie und deren Werten konfrontiert...
Der Regisseur:
Mira Nair
Der Autor:
Sooni Taraporevala
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Kal Penn as Gogol / Nikhil |
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Irrfan Khan as Ashoke Ganguli |
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Tabu as Ashima Ganguli |
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Jacinda Barrett as Maxine Ratliffe |
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Zuleikha Robinson as Moushumi Mazoomdar |
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Ruma Guha Thakurta as Ashoke's Mother |
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Sabyasachi Chakraborty as Ashima's Father |
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Sahira Nair as Sonali Ganguli |
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Supriya Choudhury as Ashima's Grandmother |
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Jhumpa Lahiri as Jhumpa Mashi |
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Kharaj Mukherjee as Chhotoo |
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Glenne Headly as Lydia |
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Brooke Smith as Sally |
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Jagannath Guha as Ghosh |
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Heather MacRae as Nurse Petty |
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Michael Countryman as Mr. Wilcox |
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Sukanya as Rini |
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Rupak Ginn as Uncle |
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Linus Roache as Mr. Lawson |
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Josh Grisetti as Jerry |
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Dan McCabe as Bart |
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Bobby Steggert as Jason |
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Tanusree Shankar as Ashima's Mother |
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Tamal Ray Chowdhury as Ashoke's Father |
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Stuart Rudin as Homeless Man |
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Amy Wright as Pam |
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Jo Yang as Ms. Lu |
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Gary Cowling as Hotel Manager |
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Gretchen Egolf as Astrid |
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Baylen Thomas as Blake |
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Jeb Brown as Oliver |
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Jessica Blank as Edith |
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Benjamin Bauman as Donald |
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Sebastian Roché as Pierre |
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Maximiliano Hernández as Ben |
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Sandip Deb as Music Teacher |
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Dhruv Mookerji as Rana |
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Kousik Bhowal as Dr. Gupta |
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Rupak Ginn as Mira Mashi |
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Pallavi Shah as Kajol Mashi |
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Jhumpa Lahiri as Baby Sonia |
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BC Parikh as Mr. Mazumdar |
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Sibani Biswas as Mrs. Mazumdar |
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Lakhan Das as Baul Singer |
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Glenne Headly as Funeral Priest |
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Kartik Das as Boatman |
| Directing | Mira Nair | Director |
| Writing | Sooni Taraporevala | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jhumpa Lahiri | Novel |
| Production | Lydia Dean Pilcher | Producer |
| Production | Lori Keith Douglas | Producer |
| Production | Anadil Hossain | Producer |
| Production | 木藤幸江 | Producer |
| Production | 小谷靖 | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mira Nair | Producer |
| Production | Ronnie Screwvala | Producer |
| Production | Zarina Screwvala | Producer |
| Production | Taizo Son | Producer |
| Production | Dinaz Stafford | Producer |
| Camera | Frederick Elmes | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Allyson C. Johnson | Editor |
| Sound | Nitin Sawhney | Original Music Composer |
