The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Original title)
Dates: 2011 (Copyright), 24 February 2012 (Release)Countries: USA, United Arab Emirates, United KingdomDirector: John Madden
Synopsis: A group of British retirees seek a better life abroad by buying a hotel in India where the cost of living is cheaper. Owning a hotel turns out to be harder work than they imagined when they discover teh true condition of what they have bought.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Retirement, India, Hotels
Releases
Date: 04 May 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Date: 04 May 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 123 mins 34 secs - Length: 11121 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Title: 'Old age' films: golden retirement, dispossession and disturbanceAuthor: DOLAN, Josephine Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discusses the emergence of a cycle of recent British films featuring older protagonists, including 'Last Orders' (2001), 'The Mother' (2003), 'Quartet' (2012), 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' (2012) and others. Suggests that although such films address some of the concerns expressed in 'crisis of ageing' discourse, they remain tied to 'troubling' ideologies of neo-colonialism, heteronormativity and post-feminism. Part of the special issue 'Gender, ageing and sexuality in British cinema after Thatcher'.
Dates: 2011 (Copyright), 24 February 2012 (Release)Countries: USA, United Arab Emirates, United KingdomDirector: John Madden
Synopsis: A group of British retirees seek a better life abroad by buying a hotel in India where the cost of living is cheaper. Owning a hotel turns out to be harder work than they imagined when they discover teh true condition of what they have bought.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Retirement, India, Hotels
Releases
Date: 04 May 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Date: 04 May 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DataSat / SDDSAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 123 mins 34 secs - Length: 11121 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Journal of British cinema and television v13 n4 2016 Pages: 571-589Title: 'Old age' films: golden retirement, dispossession and disturbanceAuthor: DOLAN, Josephine Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discusses the emergence of a cycle of recent British films featuring older protagonists, including 'Last Orders' (2001), 'The Mother' (2003), 'Quartet' (2012), 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' (2012) and others. Suggests that although such films address some of the concerns expressed in 'crisis of ageing' discourse, they remain tied to 'troubling' ideologies of neo-colonialism, heteronormativity and post-feminism. Part of the special issue 'Gender, ageing and sexuality in British cinema after Thatcher'.