{"id":41721,"date":"2023-10-03T21:24:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T01:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reelcanada.ca\/film\/midnights-children\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T12:36:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T16:36:19","slug":"midnights-children","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/reelcanada.ca\/film\/midnights-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Midnight\u2019s Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
This collaboration between one of Canada\u2019s most fearless directors and Salman Rushdie, one of the world\u2019s most imaginative and controversial novelists, is a film bursting with colour, wit and magic.<\/p>\n
Two children are born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment that India claimed its independence from Great Britain \u2014 a coincidence that has profound consequences on their lives. Switched at birth in the hospital, the boys \u2014 one from a wealthy family, the other belonging to a poor single father \u2014 must live out each other\u2019s intended fates, their lives strangely intertwined and linked to their country\u2019s journey through the tumultuous 20th century.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoiling over with passion every step of the way.\u201d This collaboration between one of Canada\u2019s most fearless directors and Salman Rushdie, one of the world\u2019s most imaginative and controversial novelists, is a film bursting with colour, wit and magic.… <\/p>\n
\u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"