The Namesake 2007 - Trailer Back to Movie Details

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Spanning two generations, two clashing cultures and two very different ways of life that crash into each other only to become lovingly intertwined, THE NAMESAKE is ultimately about that imminently relevant question: what does it mean to be an American family? In her most personal film to date, acclaimed director Mira Nair (VANITY FAIR, MONSOON WEDDING) brings to the screen a poignant and transporting version of Jhumpa Lahiri's best-selling novel, which won reader's hearts across the world with its exploration of the ties that can both tangle and bind global families as they brave the modern vicissitudes of change, conflict and disaster. Jumping between the equally colorful and vibrant cities of Calcutta and New York, THE NAMESAKE is definitely a family drama, but it's about a very differen... Read More