Traces of Sandalwood

Traces of Sandalwood

95 mins | Drama | Nov. 28, 2014

Despite her fame and fortune, Mina, a successful Indian actress in Mumbai, can't forget her little sister Sita, from whom she was forced to separate after their mother's death in a village. Thirty years later she will finally find out that Sita is alive and well in Barcelona. However, Sita's adoptive parents have erased all traces of her past. She is now called Paula, works as a researcher in Biology and has no recollection of her Indian background, let alone of Mina. Faced with the shocking truths of her past, Paula begins a long journey of self-discovery, aided along the way by her budding romance with the handsome Indian immigrant Prakash. A story of hope and love across Mumbai and Barcelona; from India to the Mediterranean and all the way back.

Traces of Sandalwood

95 mins | Drama | Nov. 28, 2014

Traces of Sandalwood
Despite her fame and fortune, Mina, a successful Indian actress in Mumbai, can't forget her little sister Sita, from whom she was forced to separate after their mother's death in a village. Thirty years later she will finally find out that Sita is alive and well in Barcelona. However, Sita's adoptive parents have erased all traces of her past. She is now called Paula, works as a researcher in Biology and has no recollection of her Indian background, let alone of Mina. Faced with the shocking truths of her past, Paula begins a long journey of self-discovery, aided along the way by her budding romance with the handsome Indian immigrant Prakash. A story of hope and love across Mumbai and Barcelona; from India to the Mediterranean and all the way back.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers TVE, TV3, Ministerio de Cultura España, Generalitat de Catalunya - Departament de Cultura, Imagina Internacional Sales, Pontas Films, Golem
Original title Rastres de sàndal
Directors Francesc Prat, Agarwal Nihit, Leo Latorre, Judit Jiménez, María Ripoll
Writers Coral Cruz, Asha Miró, Anna Soler-Pont

Cast

Nandita Das

as Mina

Aina Clotet

as Paula

Naby Dakhli

as Prakash

Rosa Novell

as Paula's mother

Subodh Maskara

as Sanjay

Gal Soler

as Paula's father

Marina Gatell

as Recepcionist