El buen nombre (2006)
Basada en un best-seller de Jhumpa Lahiri. El traslado de la familia Ganguli desde Calcuta a Nueva York implica un ejercicio de delicado equilibrio para incorporarse a un nuevo mundo sin olvidar las viejas tradiciones. Aunque los padres, Ashoke y Ashima (Irrfan Khan, Tabu), añoran la cultura y la familia que han dejado en la India, se muestran, sin embargo, muy orgullosos de las oportunidades que sus sacrificios pueden brindar a sus hijos. Paradójicamente, su hijo Gogol (Kal Penn) se siente desgarrado por la búsqueda de su propia y singular identidad. Hasta el nombre de Gogol representa el viaje de la familia al interior de lo desconocido. (FILMAFFINITY)
Directora:
Mira Nair
Escritor:
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 |
| Production | 小谷靖 | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lydia Dean Pilcher | Producer |
| Production | Lori Keith Douglas | Producer |
| Production | Ronnie Screwvala | Producer |
| Writing | Jhumpa Lahiri | Novel |
| Production | 木藤幸江 | Producer |
| Editing | Allyson C. Johnson | Editor |
| Production | Dinaz Stafford | Producer |
| Camera | Frederick Elmes | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mira Nair | Producer |
| Production | Zarina Screwvala | Producer |
| Writing | Sooni Taraporevala | Screenplay |
| Production | Anadil Hossain | Producer |
| Production | Taizo Son | Producer |
| Sound | Nitin Sawhney | Original Music Composer |