Rent Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
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0h 55min
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- Synopsis:
An Indian princess (Madhur Jaffrey), long divorced and living in self-enforced exile in London, invites her father's ex-tutor, Cyril Sahib (James Mason), to an annual tea party, intended to celebrate a happier past, where the two watch old movie footage of Royal India. The Princess reviews her memories selectively: she sees their long-vanished, fun-filled world, dominated by her dazzling father, through a haze of nostalgia, and she tries to wheedle her guest into writing a book about it. But Cyril Sahib has a different view both of their common past and of her father, the Maharaja. He recalls the ceremonial occasions, the weddings and funerals, the pig-sticking expeditions, the pranks and practical jokes with distaste, even horror at the surfeit and brutality. And he remembers the dashing Maharaja - to his adoring daughter almost a surrogate lover - as manipulative and often cruel, his later years soiled by a sordid sex scandal in London. - Actors:
- James Mason, Madhur Jaffrey, Keith Varnier, Diane Fletcher, Timothy Bateson, Johnny Stuart, Nazrul Rahman
- Directors:
- James Ivory
- Producers:
- Ismail Merchant
- Writers:
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Studio:
- Odyssey Video
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: James Mason
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