The Mistress of Spices (2005)
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Directors
Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges
Cast
Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Nitin Ganatra, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Caroline Chikezie, Anupam Kher, Shaheen Khan, Sonny Gill Dulay, Nina Young, Toby Marlow, Padma Lakshmi, Zohra Sehgal, Paul Bhattacharjee, Ayesha Dharker, Rebecca Bowden
The story
Tilo, the titular "Mistresses of Spices" is a shopkeeper and an immigrant from India who helps customers satisfy their needs and desires with spices. Her life changes when she falls in love with an American man.
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Romantic Drama, drama film, romance film, science fiction film
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