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| Mumbai, 31 gennaio 2013 |
Superato l'iniziale rifiuto, Midnight's Children ha trovato in India un distributore (PVR Pictures) disposto a proiettarlo nelle sale. Il 31 gennaio 2013, data della prima, alla presenza di Deepa Mehta, di Salman Rushdie e del cast, la pellicola è stata finalmente presentata anche al pubblico indiano non festivaliero. Vi segnalo una nuova locandina e alcune recensioni:
- Srijana Mitra Das, The Times of India, 1 febbraio 2013, ** 1/2: 'The film takes a difficult novel and mostly does well. (...) Salman Rushdie's voice guides you as narrator, blending with Nitin Sawhney's musical score. It's nicely apt for MC to offer so much in its hearing, Rushdie voicing large ironies with tender little loves, Sawhney's score moving you with its exquisite delights. MC also features some striking performances. Roy as Ahmed Sinai presents a passionate portrayal while Bose as General Zulfikar is tightly controlled, whipping at a flock of geese, luxuriating in bubble baths between executing Pakistan's first military coup. (...) There's occasional staginess and cliches too - turbans, snakes, magicians who don't give it a break - and sometimes, the family drama floods broader political time. The film's length (...) could've been tighter. But mostly, MC moves you with its heart and words, especially when Rushdie murmurs, "Without passport or permit, in a basket of invisibility, I returned - to my India." You feel the love'.
- Rashid Irani, Hindustan Times, 11 febbraio 2013, ** 1/2: 'The film is disjointed and uninvolving. Rushdie's first feature screenplay leaves much to be desired, right from his own inexpressive voice-over. None of the characters are infused with passion. Neither are the socio-political upheavals of post-independence India effectively explored. (...) Frequently, the glossy camera work and production design becomes a distraction. The film will get audiences debating literary adaptations. Even if one doesn't compare it to the book, MC is much too tedious for comfort'.
Vedi anche:
- The Who's Who in Deepa Mehta's Midnight Children, Rediff, 27 luglio 2012
- I figli della mezzanotte in Italia, 17 marzo 2013
- Salman Rushdie talks ‘Midnight’s Children’, other projects, 15 aprile 2013
- Salman Rushdie on bringing Midnight's Children to the big screen, 25 aprile 2013
