Madame Sousatzka

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Madame Sousatzka
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Schlesinger
Written by	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Based on	Madame Sousatzka by Bernice Rubens
Produced by	Robin Dalton
Starring	Shirley MacLaine Peggy Ashcroft Shabana Azmi Twiggy Leigh Lawson Geoffrey Bayldon Navin Chowdhry
Cinematography	Nat Crosby
Edited by	Peter Honess
Music by	Gerald Gouriet
Production company	Cineplex Odeon Films
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	14 October 1988
Running time	122 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$9 million
Box office	$3,548,238

Madame Sousatzka is a 1988 British drama film directed by John Schlesinger, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It is based upon the 1962 novel of the same name by Bernice Rubens.

Plot[]

Bengali immigrant Sushila Sen (Shabana Azmi) lives in London with her son Manek (Navin Chowdhry) who is musically gifted. She supports them both as a caterer of Indian food, while Manek studies the piano with Madame Sousatzka (Shirley MacLaine), who is a Russian-American immigrant. Madame Sousatzka, while highly talented, never succeeded as a pianist and thus lives through her students, particularly talented ones such as Manek. Manek is soon forced to choose between Madame Sousatzka and his mother, who both compete for his attention.

Cast[]

• Shirley MacLaine as Madame Sousatzka
• Navin Chowdhry as Manek
• Shabana Azmi as Sushila
• Peggy Ashcroft as Lady Emily
• Robert Rietty as Leo Milev
• Twiggy as Jenny
• Leigh Lawson as Ronnie
• Lee Montague as Vincent Pick

Awards[]

Availability[]

The film was released in U.S. theaters on 14 October 1988. Some time after its theatrical run, the movie was released on videocassette by MCA Home Video in 1989. The movie was released on DVD in the U.S. by Universal Studios Home Entertainment under their Vault Series banner on 28 August 2014.

A region 2 DVD was released by Network in 2007 (catalogue nr. 7952723). The extras are a trailer and some production stills.

External links[]

• Madame Sousatzka at IMDb
• Madame Sousatzka at the British Film Institute
• Madame Sousatzka at the TCM Movie Database
• Madame Sousatzka at Letterboxd
• Madame Sousatzka at Box Office Mojo
• Madame Sousatzka at Rotten Tomatoes

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