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Immaculate Conception is a British film of genre Drama with James Wilby
Immaculate Conception (1992)
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Add to a movie listImmaculate Conception is a 1992 film written and directed by British director Jamil Dehlavi with James Wilby, Melissa Leo and Shabana Azmi playing the lead roles.
The film won special jury prize at the Festival of British Cinema, Dinard.
Synopsis
Hannah, Jewish-American daughter of a US senator and her British lover Alistair working as an environmentalist in Pakistan, desperate for a child, visit the eunuch shrine of Gulab Shah which has a reputation for curing infertility. While Alistair is embroiled in a brief love affair with a Pakistani photographer, Hannah conceives and decides to convert to Islam coaxing Alistair also to do the same, causing a conflict with her family. Meanwhile, the eunuchs from the shrine develop an interest in the Hannah’s baby, leading to tension with clash of cultures and religious beliefs.Actors
James Wilby
(Alistair)
Melissa Leo
(Hannah)
Shabana Azmi
(Samira)
Zia Mohyeddin
(Shehzada)
James Cossins
(Godfrey)
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