Way back in March, we told you about a weird little comedy called IT’S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE, about a mother who commits murder while trying to get her daughter married. It sounded like fun then, and it still does. Apparently the folks at Sundance agree, as they’ve added AFTERLIFE to their 2010 line-up. It will be screened out of competition.
Here’s the official synopsis:
MRS. SETHI, a widow, can’t bear the thought of her daughter being alone and unhappy. Okay, she’s a little plump and opinionated, but she’d make a great wife for some lucky man, if only she were given a chance. When MRS. SETHI can no longer stomach the rudeness of families who refuse her daughter, she takes matters into her own hands with the only way she knows…Suddenly a police hunt begins for a serial murderer who cooks a killer curry. MRS. SETHI doesn’t feel too guilty until the SPIRITS of her victims come back to haunt her – complete with tandooried bodies and kebab skewered heads, they’re unable to be reincarnated until their murderer dies. MRS. SETHI has no problem killing herself she’ll get to see her dead husband again but how can she go before her daughter is married? The SPIRITS realize that helping Mrs Sethi daughter find a suitable husband before the police catch her is their only chance for a wonderful afterlife.
The film, from director Gurinder Chadha (BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM), stars Shabana Azmi, Mark Addy, Goldy Notay, Sendhil Ramamurthy, and Sally Hawkins. The Sundance Film Festival runs January 21 – 31.
BEND IT LIKE BENHAM’s Parminder Nagra.
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