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La Croisée des destins

Titre original : Bhowani Junction
  • 1956
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  • 1h 50min
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Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger in La Croisée des destins (1956)
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Peu de temps avant l'indépendance de l'Inde, Victoria Jones, une métisse, est victime d'une tentative de viol. Elle tue son agresseur, un soldat anglais, et trouve refuge auprès d'activistes... Tout lirePeu de temps avant l'indépendance de l'Inde, Victoria Jones, une métisse, est victime d'une tentative de viol. Elle tue son agresseur, un soldat anglais, et trouve refuge auprès d'activistes indiens.Peu de temps avant l'indépendance de l'Inde, Victoria Jones, une métisse, est victime d'une tentative de viol. Elle tue son agresseur, un soldat anglais, et trouve refuge auprès d'activistes indiens.

  • Réalisation
    • George Cukor
  • Scénario
    • Sonya Levien
    • Ivan Moffat
    • John Masters
  • Casting principal
    • Ava Gardner
    • Stewart Granger
    • Bill Travers
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  • NOTE IMDb
    6,4/10
    2,2 k
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    • Réalisation
      • George Cukor
    • Scénario
      • Sonya Levien
      • Ivan Moffat
      • John Masters
    • Casting principal
      • Ava Gardner
      • Stewart Granger
      • Bill Travers
    • 32avis d'utilisateurs
    • 14avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Nomination aux 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 nominations au total

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    Rôles principaux22

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    Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner
    • Victoria Jones
    Stewart Granger
    Stewart Granger
    • Col. Rodney Savage
    Bill Travers
    Bill Travers
    • Patrick Taylor
    Abraham Sofaer
    Abraham Sofaer
    • Surabhai
    Francis Matthews
    Francis Matthews
    • Ranjit Kasel
    Marne Maitland
    Marne Maitland
    • Govindaswami
    Peter Illing
    Peter Illing
    • Ghanshyam
    Edward Chapman
    Edward Chapman
    • Thomas Jones
    Freda Jackson
    Freda Jackson
    • The Sandani
    Lionel Jeffries
    Lionel Jeffries
    • Lt. Graham McDaniel
    Alan Tilvern
    Alan Tilvern
    • Ted Dunphy
    Ronald Adam
    Ronald Adam
    • General Ackerby
    • (non crédité)
    Anthony Bushell
    Anthony Bushell
    • Lanson
    • (non crédité)
    Eric Corrie
    • Man-at-Arms
    • (non crédité)
    George Cukor
    George Cukor
    • Man on Train
    • (non crédité)
    Roger Delgado
    Roger Delgado
    • Train Driver
    • (non crédité)
    Dharma Emmanuel
    • Sentry
    • (non crédité)
    Raymond Francis
    Raymond Francis
    • Captain Cumberly
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • George Cukor
    • Scénario
      • Sonya Levien
      • Ivan Moffat
      • John Masters
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    10bkoganbing

    India's Independence Birth Pangs

    The setting for Bhowani Junction is India during the last days of the British Raj. The town of Bhowani is a railroad junction and both the Congress Party and the Communist Party are doing all kinds of sabotage to help the British quickly get out of India. Of course each is doing it for their own reasons.

    Two people who may have given the outstanding performances of their careers are Ava Gardner and Bill Travers. Both play bi-racial people who don't fit in either society. But they react differently. Gardner is going through a whole lot of angst, really seeing both the British and Indian point of view. How she missed an Oscar nomination here is beyond me.

    Bill Travers is the railroad station manager and his whole life is his job. He focuses narrowly on that and his tunnel vision leaves him oblivious to the momentous changes around him. Except for the fact that when the British leave he might lose that little piece of authority where he is, that which gives him stature in the Raj society.

    The issues are complex, but in the hands of a great director like George Cukor the characters and their struggles become real and even more important, the audience becomes interested.

    Stewart Granger who was the British Colonel in charge of the whole mess in Bhowani, said that Bhowani Junction was one of the few films he was really proud to be associated with. He has a struggle to, he really does see the Indians as human beings and not just "wogs." He's quite knowledgeable about their customs and at one point utilizes that knowledge to unjam that railroad terminal.

    Bhowani Junction is an intelligent and literate drama and a superb piece of film making.
    7amhnorris

    Ava in fine form

    'Bhowani Junction' was one of the few movies where Ava Gardner was allowed to be more than just a beautiful, but inanimate statue. As Victoria Jones, she emotes in ways that one rarely sees her do. Like her character Julie in 'Showboat' Victoria is bi-racial, which is the main theme of the movie. The Pakistani backdrop is gorgeously photographed and it's certainly a testament to location shooting as opposed to studio backdrops. Unsurprisingly, it was well directed by Cukor, especially the interior, dramatic scenes that he is so famous for. The final sequence is a break from that, however, with darkly lit chases and murder. An entertaining diversion; certainly one that fans of Gardner would want to catch.
    6Wuchakk

    An Anglo-Indian woman (Ava Gardner) is caught between India and England

    During the chaotic final days of British rule in northwest India in 1947, the beautiful daughter (Gardner) of an English train engineer and an Indian mother struggles to find her identity while pursued by three men: a rail-traffic superintendent (Bill Travers), his Sikh subordinate (Francis Matthews) and a British colonel (Stewart Granger). Meanwhile Indian supporters of Mahatma Gandhi campaign for independence while Communists, led by a revolutionary called Davay (Peter Illing), fuel unrest.

    "Bhowani Junction" (1956) is an exotic drama with adventure elements similar to the future "A Passage to India" (1985), although not as good as that one. It features most of the elements you'd think of when India comes to mind - never-ending throngs of people in (usually) white garb, trains, street commotion, etc.

    Ava is beautiful, Granger makes for a stalwart male protagonist, the locations are authentic and the historical setting is interesting. But I rolled my eyes at the subplot regarding a certain person feeling guilty about something, which didn't make sense since what that person did was in self-defense and the perpetrator was an ignoble scumbag.

    The movie runs 1 hour, 50 minutes, and was shot in Lahore, Pakistan, which is just across the border from northwestern India; the train wreck sequence was done 35 miles outside London to the southwest; another sequence was shot at Tram Tunnel, Kingsway, London, while studio stuff was done at the MGM British Studios just north of the city.

    GRADE: B-/C+
    7JuguAbraham

    Incredible performance by Ava Gardner

    This film could have been wonderful if some of the parts had been given to Indian actors. For instance, Hollywood and British studios make believe that Indians speak English in a sing-song manner. They might have heavy accents but few speak English that way. Freda Jackson's role as "the Sadani" (could it have been an ignorant variation of "Sardarni"?) was incredibly stupid casting in that she spoke impeccable English for a middle-class Sikh lady. This apart Jackson was able to dominate her screen time.

    I would have liked to dismiss this film as a below average film but for the incredible performance of Ava Gardner who towers over all else in the movie. Take her accent--for an American, there was no trace of her origins when she spoke. She alone looked real with raven black hair in a sari draped in foppish manner--after all she was an Anglo-Indian. Had she worn well like an Aishwarya Rai, Cukor would have got it wrong.

    Cukor deserves full credit for choosing Gardner for the role and for capturing the ambiance of romantic North Western Railways, its first class coaches, the engines and goods wagons. A keen observer will note that some of the shots of goods wagons showed vintage wagons, while others showed contemporary ones.

    Though shot in Pakistan, the film caught the Indian ambiance perfectly, right up to the Railway quarters for its staff.

    Ava Gardner, it is only too evident, performed well under the guidance of good directors as John Houston. This film and "Night of Iguana" are my personal favourites among her films.
    9mvfever

    Ava Gardner is absolutely irresistible in this.

    Stars are the primary reason for me to watch old movies, because they just don't make them like that anymore. 'Bowani Junction' provides some of the best; Ava Gardner is so irresistibly attractive in this movie that watching her along is worth every penny spent for buying the copy. Better yet, other things in the film are also good. Granger, playing a more realistic role, is at his best elements as a daring arrogant English Col., match nicely with the beautiful Gardner as a romantic couple. Most of the Indian characters are well portrayed and I love movie with a historical background . The story is complicated ,yet well told and paced. The characters are interesting and well presented. Over all, this is Cukor's movie at its usual fine standard.

    This one is not to miss for fans of Granger, Gardner, and Hollywood oldies.

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    • Anecdotes
      MGM originally planned to film Bhowani Junction on location in India. That is, until the Indian government started making demands seeking script approval and a big tax payment of 12% of the film's worldwide net profit. MGM changed their plans and decided to film instead in Pakistan - whose government was more accommodating and less demanding of the studio. And this made the picture the first Hollywood film produced in that country.
    • Gaffes
      When Savage is first in Taylor's office giving him orders about the trains, he says, "One of you will have to be in close touch with me at all times so that my trolley patrols do not run into unscheduled trains." He says the word "unscheduled" using the American "sk" pronunciation, but as an Englishman he would have pronounced it using the British "sh" sound.
    • Citations

      Victoria Jones: Why should you stand by me? You're not an Anglo-Indian?

      Col. Rodney Savage: You're an officer under my command.

      Victoria Jones: Say, eh, I, all these weeks I've known you, this is the first time I've realized there's a human being inside you somewhere.

      Col. Rodney Savage: Oh, he's still there, is he? Good. Then, there's hope for us all.

    • Connexions
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)

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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 12 octobre 1956 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Destinos cruzados
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Lahore & Northwestern Railway, Pakistan
    • Société de production
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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      • 3 637 000 $US (estimé)
    • Montant brut mondial
      • 3 657 $US
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    • Rapport de forme
      • 2.35 : 1

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