The Least of the These: The Graham Staines Story

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Movie Info

As the social fabric of life in rural India disintegrates in the late 1990s, journalist Manav Banerjee (Sharman Joshi) moves with his pregnant wife to the town of Orissa in hope of a better life and the promise of a lucrative career. When speculation mounts that local Australian missionary Graham Staines (Stephen Baldwin) is illegally proselytizing leprosy patients, Manav agrees to investigate undercover for the newspaper. What he finds is a series of revelations that are difficult to fathom and even harder to explain, and Manav is forced to make a choice between his own ambition and the truth. In the end, his actions spark a tragic event that is felt around the world. Based on a true story and shot on location in India, "THE LEAST OF THESE" beautifully illustrates the power of love, hope and forgiveness to overcome hate.

Rating:

PG-13 (for thematic elements/disturbing images)
Genre:

Drama
Directed By:

Aneesh Daniel
Written By:

Andrew Matthews, Andrew E. Matthews, Aneesh Daniel
In Theaters:

Feb 1, 2019 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

May 14, 2019
Runtime:

112 minutes

Cast

Sharman Joshi
as Manav Banerjee

Stephen Baldwin
as Graham Staines

Shari Rigby
as Gladys Staines

Manoj Mishra
as Mahendra

Prakash Belawadi
as Kedar Mishra

Aditi Chengappa

Critic Reviews for The Least of the These: The Graham Staines Story

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An awkward screenplay by Andrew Matthews offers little feel for the way things actually work in Odisha... and given the picture's overall stiffness, Daniel seems lucky to have recruited actors with some experience as his leads.

Jan 31, 2019 | Full Review…

John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter
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While there's a certain obviousness to the plotting, and a necessary streamlining of knotty issues into easily digested factoids, for the most part The Least of These does a good job of communicating the selflessness of people like [Graham] Staines.

Feb 1, 2019 | Rating: 83/100 | Full Review…

Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette