Cotton Mary
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Directed by | Ismail Merchant Madhur Jaffrey (co-director) |
Written by | Alexandra Viets |
Produced by | Nayeem Hafizka Richard Hawley Paul Bradley (executive) Gil Donaldson (associate) |
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Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme |
Edited by | John David Allen |
Music by | Richard Robbins |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom France |
Language | English |
Cotton Mary is a 1999 film co-directed by Ismail Merchant, best known as the producer half of Merchant Ivory, and the Indian actress and writer Madhur Jaffrey, who also co-starred. It is a sensual film, shot in coastal South India.
Plot
Lily Macintosh (Scacchi), an upper-class British woman living in India, has struggled since the birth of her child and is in need of a nanny. An Indian military nurse known as Cotton Mary (Jaffrey) takes the post; she is an ambitious woman who is eager to be part of British society. She seems kind at first, but her true nature gradually reveals itself as she manipulates everyone around her to get what she wants.
Cast
- Greta Scacchi - Lily MacIntosh
- Madhur Jaffrey - Cotton Mary
- James Wilby - John MacIntosh
- Sarah Badel - Mrs Evans
- Riju Bajaj - Mugs
- Gerson da Cunha - Doctor Correa
- Joanna David - Mrs Smythe
- Neena Gupta - Blossom (Mary's sister)
- Sakina Jaffrey - Rosie
- Gemma Jones - Mrs Freda Davids
- Firdausi Jussawalla - Mr. Panamal
- Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal - Matron
- Nadira - Mattie
- Prayag Raaj - Abraham
- Captain Raju - Inspector Ramiji Raj
- Shobha Vijay - Ayah 2
- Virendra Saxena - Joseph
- Surekha Sikri - Gwen
- Laura Lumley - Theresa MacIntosh
- Matteo Piero Mantegazza - Baba
- Olivia Caesar - Baba
- Arshia Rafique - Mira
- Philip Tabor - Henry Campbell-Jones
- Luke Jones - Charlie
- Susan Malick - Bunny Rogers
- Hamza - Fisherman
- Poornima Mohan - Receptionist
- Txuku Iriarte Solana - Sylvie D'Costa
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