Installed as Britain’s final Viceroy of India in 1947, Lord Mountbatten (Hugh Bonneville) was charged with overseeing the transition to independence from the crown, as well as the religion-based populace migrations between the nation and the newly-formed Pakistan. His optimistic hopes for ordered change would run aground on the machinations of British diplomacy, as tellingly told in director Gurinder Chadha’s knowing chronicle; Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, Simon Callow also star. 106 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.
