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March 13, 2007
Film. The Namesake
Film. The Namesake: Cultural identity is rarely explored in American cinema. The characters almost always have the same suburban/middle-class background and the story usually revolves around a male protagonist coming of age and getting the girl. How is this coming of age complicated when the man is from a culture with diametrically opposite values, tastes and traditions?
The Namesake is the film adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's bestseller. It explores assimilation in the modern context. Kal Penn plays Gogol, a first-generation Indian-American, who struggles to reconcile the duality of his background. Watch a conversation between the director Mira Nair and the novelist Jhumpa Lahiri, after the jump.
Dork recommends The Namesake. Trailer and Kal Penn's blog [Here & Here]
Posted by james at March 13, 2007 06:33 PM