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Release Date: 1999

Cast: Paul Goddard, Harvey Keitel, Simon Anderson, George Mangos, Samantha Murray, Pam Grier, Dhritiman Chaterji, Julie Hamilton, Austen Tayshus, Sophie Lee, Tim Robertson, Leslie Dayman ...MORE

Cast: Paul Goddard, Harvey Keitel, Simon Anderson, George Mangos, Samantha Murray, Pam Grier, Dhritiman Chaterji, Julie Hamilton, Austen Tayshus, Sophie Lee, Tim Robertson, Leslie Dayman, Kerry Walker, Kate Winslet, Daniel Wyllie ...LESS

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Holy Smoke! is a 1999 Australian drama film directed by Jane Campion, who co-wrote the screenplay with her sister Anna. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was shown at the New York Film Festival and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival before being released theatrically. During a trip to India, Ruth Barron has a spiritual awakening and embraces the teachings of a guru named Baba. Back home in the Sydney suburb of Sans Souci, her parents are appalled to learn their daughter now answers to the name Nazni and has no intention of returning. They concoct a tale about her father... MORE

Holy Smoke! is a 1999 Australian drama film directed by Jane Campion, who co-wrote the screenplay with her sister Anna. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was shown at the New York Film Festival and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival before being released theatrically. During a trip to India, Ruth Barron has a spiritual awakening and embraces the teachings of a guru named Baba. Back home in the Sydney suburb of Sans Souci, her parents are appalled to learn their daughter now answers to the name Nazni and has no intention of returning. They concoct a tale about her father Gilbert having had a stroke and being on the verge of death, and her mother Miriam travels to India in hopes of convincing her to come home, with no success until she suffers a serious asthma attack. Ruth agrees to accompany her on her return flight. Miriam arranges a reunion with Gilbert, who supposedly is recuperating in the Outback, and this charade lands Ruth in the clutches of P.J. Waters, an American exit counselor who deprograms members of religious cults. In a remote cabin, he isolates Ruth, separates her from her sari and religious props, challenges her faith in Baba, and slowly wears her LESS