Did the seventh art need a remake of
Forrest Gump
, a simple man whose passion for racing and benevolence bring happiness around him?
However, it would be cynical to remain insensitive to the charm of
Laal Singh Chaddha,
which is released in India and France this Thursday.
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Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan (
Lagaan
) takes on the Candide character immortalized by Tom Hanks.
The 57-year-old comedian, partly digitally rejuvenated, fought a decade to secure the rights to the Zemeckis classic.
Here Forrest is called Laal, a Sikh boy raised by his farmer mother in seventies India.
Slow to understand, struggling to stand on his feet, he is the laughing stock of his comrades.
With the exception of her little neighbor Rupa who finds in Laal and her mother the affection of which a violent father deprives her.
Over the years, this childhood friendship inspires the young man with feelings that Rupa does not share, eager to become a rich and famous actress.
When he is not attacked as a Sikh, Laal witnesses waves of riots between Hindus and Muslims, abuses that his mother presents to him as "epidemics of malaria" to prevent him from going out.
If she follows the twists…
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