1947年，印度和巴基斯坦分裂，印度脱离英国的控制，获得独立。环绕着这个事件，一出制作卓越，并且严肃热烈的剧作问世。mcmullen以sasdat hassan manto著名的探讨分裂的短篇小说为蓝本，聚焦于历史的次要者---印巴两国精神病院之间病员的谴换：muslims被送往pakistan,hindus与skhs谴往india。影片立足的两个场所：一所位于国界线的精神病院和两国首脑们的会议室，这两个空间里的角色，政坛人物和精神病院的患者，由同一批演员饰演，恰如精神病院的事变正映射着当权者规则的动作。庄重的术语和先验的构思，都完善了这部电影的构成。而演职员表俨然是一份印度表演天才们的纵览。

The tumultuous events surrounding the sub-continent's partition in 1947 into India and Pakistan are re-imagined in Ken McMullen's complex and visually striking film. A lunatic asylum in the city of Lahore becomes a mirror image of events in the outside political world, with the same actors playing both inmates and rulers. Adapted by Tariq Ali and McMullen from famous Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto's short story 'Toba Tek Singh', Partition speaks for the countless millions that the usual British Raj films sweep out of sight. Released to mark the 60th anniversary of the partition of the Indian sub-continent, this is the film's first-ever release on DVD.