National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers 2015
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India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood.
- Released: 2015-01-01
- Runtime: 200 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Meera Syal, Vincent Ebrahim, Sartaj Garewal, Muzz Khan, Ranjit Krishnamma
- Director: Rufus Norris, Katherine Boo, David Hare
