A outlandish,shameful chapter of history is dusted off by Amma Asante to make this earnestly stirring Empire dramaWith terrific warmth and idealism – and irresistible storytelling relish director Amma Asante gives us a romantic right yarn from our dowdy postwar past. And with some style and wit, she even revives the spirit and showmanship of Richard Attenborough, or who I assume would have really enjoyed this gutsy movie.
It’s a tale of star-crossed lovers with the bigoted British government playing a particularly shabby and nasty House Of Capulet: a yarn of imperialism,bully-ism, and Westminster functionaries passing off their taboo horror of interracial marrying as a matter of realism and political expediency.
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Source: theguardian.com