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Moving Pictures: 5 Great Films That Stir the Soul

Monsoon Wedding
 

Cultural critic Caryn James has five for your Netflix queue.


Monsoon Wedding

Mira Nair's buoyant drama about the traditional wedding of a modern Indian woman will make you want to dance. Both the bride's and groom's sides bring some wedding essentials—tensions, jealousies, secrets. Nair adds hundreds of bright orange marigolds, music ranging from Indian folk to pop, and a feeling of pure joy as she reveals the unshakable bonds that unite and divide the most loving families.