Trishna

R16

2011

117 mins

Directed by Michael Winterbottom
62%
52%
Drama
Romance

Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) stars in this modern day, Indian set adaptation of Thomas Hardy's tragic novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Directed... More

Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) stars in this modern day, Indian set adaptation of Thomas Hardy's tragic novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Directed by Michael Winterbottom (The Trip).

Set in contemporary Rajasthan, Trishna (Pinto) meets wealthy British businessman Jay (Riz Ahmed, Four Lions) who has come to India to work in his father's hotel business. Trishna works for Jay, and they fall in love. Despite their feelings, they cannot escape the conflicting pressures of a rural society which is changing rapidly through industrialisation, urbanisation and education. Trishna's tragedy is that she is torn between the traditions of her family life and the dreams and ambitions that her education has given her.

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Trishna | Ratings & Reviews

62_%93 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
52_%4,788 reviews
Audience score rating

"Some will balk at Pinto’s passivity, but Trishna again shows Winterbottom to be one of the few directors today who are liberated, rather than constricted, by classic literature."

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Total Film

"On the one hand the original's complex texture is gravely weakened; on the other, the rambling narrative structure is transformed into a taut fable."

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The Guardian

"Winterbottom's location work in Jaipur and Mumbai has richness and spectacle, but somehow this does not come fully to life."

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The Guardian

"An admirable but disappointing effort, then. By no means Winterbottom’s worst but some way off the heights of Butterfly Kiss and In This World."

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Little White Lies

"The ever-versatile Winterbottom's loose and limber adaptation doesn't entirely mesh with Hardy's more formal narrative, leaving this feeling disjointed and underpowered. Nevertheless, there's still plenty to enjoy in the director's customary flourishes."

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