Name: The World Before Her
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-03-11
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Cast: Pooja Chopra, Ankita Shorey, Prachi Trivedi, Marc Robinson, Manasvi Mamgai

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Moving between two extremes - the intimate verite drama of the Miss India pageant's rigorous beauty "bootcamp" and the intense regime of a militant Hindu fundamentalist camp for young girls. The World Before Her delivers a provocative portrait of India and its current cultural conflicts during a key transitional era in the country's modern history.

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Directed by: Nisha Pahuja
Written by: Nisha Pahuja
Produced by: Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe, Ed Barreveld
Music by: Ken Myhr

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March 11, 2012 · 1 h 30 min · Documentary

Released: March 11, 2012
Runtime: 1 h 30 min
Genres: Documentary
Original language: English
Also spoken: Hindi
Made in: United States, Canada, Germany
Available in: 6 countries

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Is The World Before Her worth watching?

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Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 71 (IMDb 7.6, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, and Metacritic 77). Critics rate it higher (89 out of 100) than audiences (78).

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Mostly character-driven: it leans on character depth (8 of 10) and pathos (7 of 10) more than on its plot.