Film Review: 'Prisoners of Paradise' Delivers Insipid Colonial Romance

Film Review

4 August 2026 at 9:43 pm

Film Review: 'Prisoners of Paradise' Delivers Insipid Colonial Romance

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The film "Prisoners of Paradise," an adaptation of Romesh Gunesekera's novel, is reviewed as an insipid tale of forbidden love set in colonial Mauritius in 1925. It follows 17-year-old Englishwoman Lucy (Ellie Bamber) who falls for Krishna (Mehdi Dehbi), a local worker on her uncle's sugar plantation, amidst themes of racism and class divide.

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