Viceroy's House sketches through the convoluted history of India's Independence, and the partition between India and Pakistan, but does it in a beautiful, touching way. It's a very complicated story, and Chadha uses key people to coax out the human factor from a single, physical location. Don't let the simple approach fool you; it teases out the much bigger stories by focusing on the personal. And it is personal. Do watch through the end, because Chadha proves how personal it is with a coda that ties the story to actual people.
Hopefully, you'll walk away with wanting to learn more about this particular part of history. Or you will walk away feeling a part of your own history has been shared that is often overlooked in western cinema.
Hopefully, you'll walk away with wanting to learn more about this particular part of history. Or you will walk away feeling a part of your own history has been shared that is often overlooked in western cinema.