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The Namesake

Two Worlds. One Journey.

Rating 6.8 / 10Release March 9, 2007Runtime 122 min

The American-born son of Indian immigrants strives to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.

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