“Forbidden love... unspoken passion”
Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and daughter Gayatri. Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.
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Hugh Grant
Allan
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Shabana Azmi
Indira Sen
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Supriya Pathak
Gayatri
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John Hurt
Lucien Metz
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Soumitra Chatterjee
Narendra Sen
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Anne Brochet
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Harold
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Anjan Dutt
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Nicolas Klotz Director · Jean-Claude Carrière Writer Mircea Eliade Author
Worldwide gross $81K · First release October 26, 1988 · Languages English, French
Box office
Worldwide gross
$80,912
Languages
Original title
La nuit Bengali
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
France · October 26, 1988
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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