National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Directed by Rufus Norris2015 3h 20mDrama
8.26.0
India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood.
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National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers was released on March 12, 2015.
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers was directed by Rufus Norris.
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers has a runtime of 3h 20m.
India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood.
The key characters in National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers are Zehrunisa Husain (Meera Syal), Vincent Ebrahim, Mahadeo Waghekar (Sartaj Garewal).
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers is a Drama film.
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers has an audience rating of 8.2 out of 10.