Sugarcoated Reality on the Set of Prisoners of Paradise The latest adaptation of Romesh Gunesekera's novel "Prisoners of Paradise" brings to life a tale of star crossed lovers set against the backdrop of colonial Mauritius in 1925.
On its surface, this is a story about love transcending social boundaries – an English upper class woman and a local man of Indian heritage falling for each other despite entrenched racism and class divisions.
However, scratch beneath the surface, and it's clear that "Prisoners of Paradise" glosses over the brutal realities of colonialism in favor of a sanitized narrative.