The Sleeping Dictionary

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The Sleeping Dictionary is a 2003 romantic drama film set in colonial India that follows the forbidden love between a young British man and a local woman who teaches him her language and culture.

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instanceOf film
alternateDescription British romantic drama film set in 1930s colonial India and Borneo
character John Truscott
Selima
cinematographyBy Martin Fuhrer
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Guy Jenkin
distributor Fine Line Features
editedBy Oral Norrie Ottey
filmingLocation Malaysia
Sarawak
genre drama film
romance film
romantic drama film
hasTheme colonialism
cultural conflict
interracial romance
language and identity
language English
mainProtagonist John Truscott
Selima
musicBy Simon Boswell
narrativeFocus relationship between a British colonial officer and his Iban language tutor
plotSummary A young British man in colonial India falls in love with a local woman assigned to teach him her language and culture.
portrays forbidden love between a young British man and a local woman
producer Stewart Mackinnon
Trudie Styler
productionCompany Fragile Films
releaseFormat theatrical film
releaseYear 2003
runtimeMinutes 109
settingLocation colonial India
settingPeriod 1930s
starring Bob Hoskins
Brenda Blethyn
Christopher Ling
Emily Mortimer
Hugh Dancy
Jessica Alba
Noah Taylor
title The Sleeping Dictionary
writer Guy Jenkin

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Terry Rawlings edited The Sleeping Dictionary
The Sleeping Dictionary title The Sleeping Dictionary