A fresh setting -- the Hindu community in Trinidad in the mid-20th Century -- but rather a limp, damp comedy about the local "pundit," a part-time faith healer and part-time author. It gathers a little steam as his fame grows, but only a little, and a long way in. Based on a novel by V.S. Naipaul; with Aasif Mandvi, Om Puri, Ayesha Dharker, James Fox; directed by Ismail Merchant. (2002) — Duncan Shepherd
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