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The Waiting City(2010)
Status: Released
Date: 2010-07-15
59%
9 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Overview:
An outwardly happy Australian couple journey to Calcutta to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements have yet to be finalized. Soon, the intoxicating mystic power of the Indian city pulls them in separate and unexpected directions, and the vulnerability of their marriage begins to reveal itself.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Australia
ProductionCompanies: 
Sol Films
Speaking Tree Films
Waiting City FIlms
Movie: The Waiting City
Top 10 Billed Cast
Radha Mitchell
Fiona Simmons
Joel Edgerton
Ben Simmons
Samrat Chakrabarti
Krishna
Isabel Lucas
Scarlett
Tillotama Shome
Sister Tessila
Barun Chanda
Doctor Khan
Tamal Ray Chowdhury
Uncle
Tanusree Shankar
Didi Chatterjee
Palomi Ghosh
Urmi
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Overview
An outwardly happy Australian couple journey to Calcutta to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements have yet to be finalized. Soon, the intoxicating mystic power of the Indian city pulls them in separate and unexpected directions, and the vulnerability of their marriage begins to reveal itself.
Release Date
2010-07-15
Average
5.9
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