A country onitheibrink of war…ia family torn apart…ia man caughtiin theimiddle.
Based on the prize-winning novel by Rohinton Mistry, from a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala (Mississippi Masala, Salaam Bombay) and helmed by Emmy Award-winning director Sturla Gunnarsson, Such A Long Journey is both a tragic drama and a wryly humorous meditation on enduring hope and the strength of faith.
It is 1971 -- Bombay, India, and the country is on the eve of war. Gustad Noble, a dedicated bank clerk and devoted family man, finds his modest like unraveling when he agrees to do a clandestine favor for an old friend. Plunged into a world of political intrigue where his beliefs in loyalty and allegiance are tested and the web of deceit threatens to tear him apart, Gustad faced the upheaval of his country and the turmoil within his own family in the only way he knows, with a quiet dignity and an unfailing sense of moral order.
Shot on location in vibrant and chaotic Bombay, this intricately layered and warn human drama captures a glimpse of India's transcendent qualities where spirituality and mysticism have the power to transform the mundane routines of everyday life into the healing realm of the sacred.
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