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:
Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges.
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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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Zoë 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 |
| Directing | Gurinder Chadha | Director |
| Writing | Gurinder Chadha | Screenplay |
| Production | Gurinder Chadha | Producer |
| Production | Chris Curling | Executive Producer |
| Production | Paul Mayeda Berges | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Paul Mayeda Berges | Screenplay |
| Camera | Dick Pope | Director of Photography |
| Art | Liz Griffiths | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Niv Adiri | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Guy Heeley | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Craig Pruess | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Nina Gold | Casting |
| Sound | Tim Fraser | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matthew Smith | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Production | Michelle Fox | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Glenn Freemantle | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susie Redfern | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Production | Robert Sterne | Casting |
| Sound | Ben Barker | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Dinos Laftsidis | Art Direction |
| Sound | Gillian Dodders | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Saurabh Vaibhav | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ed Colyer | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Hugo Adams | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Lee Herrick | Dialogue Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikkie Grimshaw | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Jarvis | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Naomi Dandridge | ADR Recordist |
| Editing | Oral Norrie Ottey | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jill Taylor | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kay Bilk | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Mike Dowson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Nick Ellis | Production Design |
| Sound | John Rodda | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marese Langan | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Sandy Buchanan | ADR Recordist |
| Directing | Tom Brewster | Third Assistant Director |