F. Murray Abraham goes to India and finds his soul — or at least his spreadsheets get complicated.
Following the death of his wife, Thomas, a cynical executive at a multinational corporation, travels to India to join his daughter Beatrice, who is there on a volunteer mission, to inform her of her mother's passing. During his stay, confronted with the shocking reality of the place, Thomas will rethink his company's market strategies.
Acting
F. Murray Abraham's slow-burn breakdown — Oscar winner doing quiet work.
Production
Sri Lanka locations masquerading as India — gorgeous, unflinching poverty tourism.
Director
Maurizio Zaccaro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
F. Murray Abraham filmed this between Amadeus flashbacks and before his Italian cinema renaissance — he learned Sinhalese phonetically for some scenes.
The film quietly indicts 1990s 'voluntourism' decades before it became mainstream critique — Thomas's daughter Beatrice embodies well-meaning Western naivety.
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