Film

The Namesake 2006

Directed by Mira Nair

  • Drama
  • 122 min
  • PG-13

Two Worlds. One Journey.

The American-born son of Indian immigrants strives to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.

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Earnest, classical in form, grave and contemporary.

  • earnestironic
  • classical in formformally daring
  • gravecomic
  • contemporarynostalgic
  • unpretentiousprestige

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