Gandhi the movie, the boundary between genius and documentary.

Rating: 7/10 (30 May 2015)

. Gandhi the movie, released in 1982 is the biopic about Mohandas Gandhi's life and his achievements for India, created by the brilliant British director, Richard Attenborough. The first thing we can say about this movie is that it's one of the greatest biopics ever. With a young and incredible Ben Kingsley, the Gandhi's life is perfectly restored, and the viewer has no trouble to get into this incredible, but true story. With a well-conducted technical quality and great acting from his actors, the film plays its full memorial part, and leads us into a well-paced story in which it is difficult to get out until the curtain falls. And it is here that lies the main problem of the film, which is an identity problem. So close from the pure movie, but also similar to a documentary film, the border between the two is blurred, and the spectator often wonder if he does not look a documentary film. With a soundtrack poorly managed, and too long film sequences, the viewer tends to get lost in this sometimes too great blend of historic and fantasy. Although this work presents some flaws, it remains one of the most successful historical adaptations and accomplished in the cinema history.