It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010)
Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.
Director:
Gurinder Chadha
Writers:
Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha.
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Shabana Azmi as Mrs. Sethi |
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Goldy Notay as Roopi Sethi |
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Sendhil Ramamurthy as D S Raj Murthy |
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Sally Hawkins as Linda / Gitali |
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Mark Addy as D I Smythe |
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Ray Panthaki as Jazz Sethi |
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Lalita Ahmed as Old Woman at Market |
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Zoƫ Wanamaker as Mrs. Goldman |
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Don Warrington as Chief Superintendent |
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Jimi Mistry as Dev |
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Harvey Virdi as Overbearing Mother |
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Preeya Kalidas as Karishma |
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Ace Bhatti as Tej |
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Amit Shah as Speed Dating Man 6 |
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Shaheen Khan as Kebab Woman (Manjit Kaur) |
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Catherine Balavage as Waitress |
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Christopher Simpson as J.J Jaan |
| Writing | Paul Mayeda Berges | Screenplay |
| Production | Gurinder Chadha | Producer |
| Production | Paul Mayeda Berges | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Gurinder Chadha | Director |
| Production | Chris Curling | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Gurinder Chadha | Screenplay |
| Camera | Dick Pope | Director of Photography |
| Production | Michelle Fox | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kay Bilk | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Oral Norrie Ottey | Editor |
| Art | Dinos Laftsidis | Art Direction |
| Sound | Gillian Dodders | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | John Rodda | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Guy Heeley | Associate Producer |
| Art | Nick Ellis | Production Design |
| Sound | Saurabh Vaibhav | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marese Langan | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Mike Dowson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Niv Adiri | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Nina Gold | Casting |
| Sound | Tim Fraser | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Craig Pruess | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hugo Adams | Foley Editor |
| Production | Robert Sterne | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jill Taylor | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Jarvis | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Liz Griffiths | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Ben Barker | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susie Redfern | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Ed Colyer | Foley Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matthew Smith | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Sandy Buchanan | ADR Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikkie Grimshaw | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Naomi Dandridge | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Glenn Freemantle | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Lee Herrick | Dialogue Editor |