A dash of Downton, a sprinkle of Gandhi. Hugh Bonneville as Mountbatten in stunning new film Viceroy’s House will be…

Set mainly in the pre-independence, pre-partition India of 1947, it is very nicely acted and manages to make a difficult, challenging subject both moving and relatively easy to understand.

Viceroy’s House                                                              Cert: 12A          1hr 46mins 

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Finally, the last envelopes – both the right ones and the wrong ones – have been opened, the gongs handed out and the awards season come to a close.

Its ending marks the beginning of the spring season of commercial cinema, a change of tack that we will no doubt have ample opportunity to regret over the coming months but also, from time to time, to celebrate.

Which is certainly what we must do today because Viceroy’s House is very good indeed.

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