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Holy Smoke! is a 1999 independent romantic comedy drama film directed by Jane Campion, and starring Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel. The plot follows an American exit counselor (Keitel) who attempts to deprogram a young Australian woman (Winslet) who has been indoctrinated into a new age cult in India. Julie Hamilton, Tim Robertson, Daniel Wyllie, and Pam Grier appear in supporting roles.
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In “politically correct” 1990s a female film maker could have expected favourable treatment, or at least a lot of attention by critics if her film dealt with women’s issues in a way that could be described as “feminist”. New Zealand director Jane Campion benefited from such phenomenon and her career included successes like *Piano*. But there were also some misses, like in the case of her 1999 romantic drama *Holy Sm…More
