" Book And Film....Fables For The 21st Century..."

It's pretty rare that a film turns out to be as fascinating as a book I've loved.......
BUT the film of Mohsin Hamid's 2nd novel: " The Reluctant Fundamentalist"exceeds expectations...

The novel is a monologue... a provocative and compelling story...and the film, directed by Mira Nair, is shot on location in Lahore, Atlanta, New York, Istanbul and Delhi.... it tells this story equally well.....revealing how Changez ( Riza Ahmed) a young Pakistani, studies at Princeton, thrives in America.......but there are massive and heart-breaking cultural divisions...involving successes and failures.....a love affair with a beautiful woman ( Kate Hudson) ....and conflicts with a country, beliefs....with a way of life....and ultimately, both book and film paint a portrait of the extremes of disenchantment born out of this conflict.....

A film for TODAY and for many cultures...