Ahead of the UK release of the acclaimed new film, Viceroy’s House, starring Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) and Gillian Anderson (The X Files, The Fall) OUT 3 March, around 25 lucky MNers were able to see a preview of the film.
Read on for their reviews.
If you didn't attend, there's a chance to win one of 3 copies of the books that the film is based upon, FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT and DAUGHTER OF EMPIRE, along with signed posters - to be entered into a draw to win these, please state on this thread how you feel about the period of history that the film is based on.
Starring Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson as Lord and Lady Mountbatten, and set against an exotic Indian backdrop at the time of the Raj, the powerful new film VICEROY’S HOUSE tells the incredible true story of the final months of British rule in India. A celebration of the resilience of the human spirit, the film’s release will coincide with the 70th anniversary of the independence of India and the founding of Pakistan. The Viceroy’s House was the home of the British rulers of India. Charged with handing India back to its people, the Mountbattens lived upstairs, where the political elite wrangled over the birth of independent India. Downstairs, among the 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants, the social impact of this divide is reflected through the eyes of a pair of young lovers whose sweeping romance is forbidden.
IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE 3rd MARCH 2017
Watch the trailer below:
Find out more and book your seats here: www.viceroyshouse.co.uk @ViceroysHouse.
Attendees: all attendees who give feedback on the film will be entered into a prize draw where one winner will win a £100 voucher, so please give your film review below:
~ What are your general feelings about the film? What's your headline review? Please give your 
rating from 1 to 5 stars where 5 is brilliant and 1 is poor (plus do add your rating in the box below left 
)
~ Who you attended the screening with (friend/ mother/ husband etc)? What did they think of the film?
~ Did you know about this part of history? Did the film change your perception of this period?
~ What do you think it can teach us about the legacy of Empire and the policy of divide and rule in today’s political climate?
Thanks and good luck with the prize draws.
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