Rent Viceroy's House (2017)
3.3 of 5 from 414 ratings
1h 41min
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- Synopsis:
- India 1947. The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change. Starring Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson as Lord and Lady Mountbatten, and set against an exotic Indian backdrop at the time of the Raj, 'Viceroy's House' tells the incredible true story of the final months of British rule in India, and of the resilience of the human spirit.
- Actors:
- Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon, Manish Dayal, Hugh Bonneville, Simon Callow, Lily Travers, Om Puri, Huma Qureshi, Simon Williams, Roberta Taylor, Sarah-Jane Dias, Arunoday Singh, Samrat Chakrabarti, Lucy Fleming, Darshan Jariwala, Marcus Jean Pirae, Terence Harvey, Neeraj Kabi, Rajendranath Zutshi, Jaz Deol
- Directors:
- Gurinder Chadha
- Producers:
- Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha, Deepak Nayar
- Writers:
- Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini, Gurinder Chadha
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Remembering Michael Gambon
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/10/2017
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The Making Of 'Viceroy's House'
- Viceroy's House - A Personal Story
- The Cast of 'Viceroy's House'
- Deleted Scenes
- Original Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (11) of Viceroy's House
Informative and entertaining - Viceroy's House review by CSF
I loved the film. I think it makes considerable effort to be fair. Both parties made mistakes, the problems to solve were so difficult that three centuries are not enough to achieve a better civilization, not even 20 centuries...
Religion and fanaticism are usually generated by poverty. The people who try to be 'human' are crushed by the fear or the ambition of the others. Nothing new, we all have been through that situation. The actors were playing right, the story is very convincing and help to understand this part of History. Only films can make mistakes visible and understood.
The film is very exciting because, all along, it makes me wonder how I would have managed, what solution I would have chosen, what I would have done or not done. The love story in the film shows that Romeo and Juliet will exist and repeat for ever in any civilization.
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Good film - Viceroy's House review by SB
I thought this was a good film showing rights and wrongs on all sides. Very different times.Very moving
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Lightweight - Viceroy's House review by IG
Not a bad effort, but, does have it's moments as in the movie Titanic where fiction gets in the way of historical fact. Hugh Bonneville for example seems more like Lord Grantham from Downton Abbey than a plausible Mountbatten, he is just a bit too nice. That said, the film scores well visually and is interesting to watch, with some good individual performances: Good but not outstanding.
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