IT'S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE

It's a Wonderful AFTERLIFE

The Story:

Set in West London, Roopie (Goldy Notay), warm and personable, strong-willed and beautiful, too, though we're not supposed to notice it because she's fat. Despaired of by her mother's friends and acquaintances, who don't think she's good enough to find a husband, she spends her time working in a women's refuge and doing a fairly good job of making her own way in life, but this doesn't ease the disappointment of her mother (Shabana Azmi).

In fact, such is the mother's frustration that she takes violent action against some of her daughter's critics. This results in her being followed around by a troupe of ghosts who continually bicker and distract her, though they gradually become more sympathetic to her plight. Meanwhile, the detective leading the murder investigations sends his handsome young deputy Raj (Sendhil Ramamurthy) undercover to find out what's going on in 'the community'. When Raj and Roopi meet it becomes clear that something is going to change.

Starring:

Goldy Notay, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Shabana Azmi, Sanjeev Bhaskar,Steve Morphew,Jamie Sives, Mark Addy, Sacha Shilov

Directed By:
Gurinder Chadha

Release:
2010

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