Learning to Drive – Fahrstunden fürs Leben (2014)

Learning to Drive – Fahrstunden fürs Leben: Directed by Isabel Coixet. With Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Jake Weber, Sarita Choudhury. As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other’s company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.

“This film tells the story of a woman whose husband just dumped her. She meets a taxi driver who also works as a driving instructor. She decides to take driving lessons, and in the meantime they learn to navigate their marital problems.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Learning To Driveu0026quot; tells very common life problems, and it provides a very realistic sense of how people deal with these problems. Despite the hardships, the characters cope and the film maintains a sense of optimism and lightheartedness. It is also very refreshing to see Indian actors and culture being prominently portrayed in a film, especially because there is a row over a lack of diversity in the Oscars. I hope more films like this will get made.”