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Minari
Why this pick
Its patient, intimate view of immigrant parents and their children carries the same bittersweet pull between family duty, personal reinvention, and two cultural worlds.
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MOVIE2006 2h 2m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
''The Namesake'' depicts the struggles of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli (Irrfan Khan and Tabu (actress)), first-generation immigrants from the East Indian state of West Bengal to the United States, and their American-born children Gogol (Kal Penn) and Sonia (Sahira Nair). The film takes place primarily in Kolkata, New York City and New York (state) state suburbs.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Irrfan Khan
Ashoke Ganguli
Tabu
Ashima Ganguli
Kal Penn
Gogol/Nikhil
Zuleikha Robinson
Moushumi Mazoomdar
Jacinda Barrett
Maxine Ratliffe
Maximiliano Hernández
Ben