Set on the cusp of the 19th century in Delhi before the British ruled in that region, the drama depicts the fortunes of the residents of Beecham House, an imposing mansion surrounded by acres of exotic woods and pristine lawns. Tom Bateman (Vanity Fair, Jekyll and Hyde) takes the role of enigmatic, soulful John Beecham, a handsome former soldier who has purchased the magnificent mansion, Beecham House, to begin a new life with his family. Wealthy and distinguished, John has witnessed profiteering and exploitation during his time with the controlling East India Company and has resolved to conduct his business as a trader in a more equitable manner. Determined to escape his previous life, John appears haunted by his past, but is inspired to become an honourable member of the region’s trading community. In spite of John’s good intentions his life is shrouded in mystery and when he arrives at the house with an ‘olive-skinned‘ child named August and two Indian nursemaids, Chanchal (Shriya Pilgaonkar) and Maya (Trupti Khamkar), it causes speculation and gossip amongst the servants that he may be the boy’s father. One of the Indian nursemaids, the beautiful Chanchal, is overly protective and particularly fond of the child. Could she be John’s lover and the mother of August? Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey) is John’s robust, interfering mother Henrietta who has travelled from England to India to stay with her son. She is accompanied by a young family friend Violet, played by Bessie Carter (Les Miserables) who she is determined to help form a union with John. The pair are accompanied by an old friend of John’s, Samuel Parker, played by Marc Warren (Safe, Hustle) who has also left the East India Company and has returned to India for a fresh start. Samuel helps John to find his brother Daniel who he has not seen for 10 years. John convinces Daniel, Leo Suter, (Victoria) to leave the East India Company and join him at Beecham House. Gregory Fitoussi (Mr Selfridge, Spiral) plays General Castillon, a French mercenary working for the Emperor at a time when the French are challenging the East India Company for India. Castillon is suspicious of John and his motives and conspires to stop John being granted a trading licence. Adil Ray (Citizen Khan, Ackley Bridge) is John’s neighbour Murad Beg who dislikes General Castillon intensely and agrees to help John secure a trading licence. Murad’s daughter, Roshanara, (Kanika Kapur) has an English governess Margaret Osborne, played by Dakota Blue Richards (Endeavour) whose beauty and intelligence catches John’s attention. However, when beautiful Chandrika (Pallavi Sharda) arrives at Beecham House with her entourage she is shown to luxurious guest quarters and immediately insists on seeing August. What secrets does Chandrika bring with her to Beecham House?
太有趣了，以至于无法归类和总结。很妙很妙。上次有类似感觉是《独自等待》
整体没啥信息量 没啥女性slay场面
是爱情的神话也是电影的神话。
老乌口述与索菲亚罗兰德韵事，我的心情就和在一旁听着的Gloria一样，一时不知道是真的还是假的，该哭还是该笑。果然都是满嘴跑火车的生物群体啊！
其实演员都没问题啊，不知道为啥有点食之无味的感觉，等哪天再看一遍如果感觉改变再来改分
瑕已掩瑜。有那么些特别和亮点，比如说有关“谁是主角”这个问题其实我挺喜欢的。但是整体来说，整部电影的“姿态”让人特别难受，有一种骨子里的骄傲在睥睨影迷，cue费里尼的方式一点也不高明，更谈不上致敬了，整个本子都是点状而非线性的，都是散落的梗而不是连贯的递进，从很多段落能感受到导演的“野心”和“品味”，也穿插了不少热闹的段子，但是，到底在表达什么呢？或者说，自己的表达有多少呢？姿态是一种表达吗？
学院派导演的娱乐片。比文艺片通俗，比商业片深刻。ps，原来老乌是林冲。
所有的表达都藏着一种很聪明的暧昧，用喜剧的面孔半遮半掩，认可的人哈哈大笑，不认的人也不会生厌。
随风而逝吧
2.5 / 抓住了一些人物的游离时刻。不过整体的结构还是有些粗糙，基本是在几个高密度戏剧化场景中间穿插直给的信息。前半段编织得还算细，后面就轰隆隆开始拉扯剧情到结尾了。所以，作为一部讲述“神话”、赞美虚构的电影，显然极度缺乏一种对叙事层次的自觉。当然，最受不了的还是这种“生活”是个筐啥都往里装的“释然”姿态（以至于复杂点的人物心理还真没有）。相比之下《爱很美味》确实是不悬浮且有叙事推进的……
当前妻对男主说出：“我只不过是犯了全天下男人都会犯的错，外面只是玩玩，家里才是第一位”，太讽刺搞笑了。
真好看啊，上海男女的小资情调，成年人的你来我往，红拂杂货铺，夜奔咖啡馆，不喜欢马塞洛的索菲亚罗兰……到处都是导演的小心思，这就是我最想看到的本土爱情小品啊！这个五星是冲动了点，冲动就冲动吧
作为一枚上海土著，太惊喜了，太感谢徐峥了，有生之年，居然看到这么多上海大牌演员全程上海话的电影，全国各地的方言都必须推广呀！！很多好玩的梗只有用方言说出来才滑稽额～越来越喜欢徐峥了，真的很敢～/圣诞夜首映日就带老妈去看了，上海话真的太亲切太滑稽了，徐峥李丰田老乌演的就是我们身边的上海丫索，徐峥真的想法很多，想表达的也很多。唯一就是白鸽。。挺出戏的。。可能是没有当红上海籍的流量爱豆吧。。。（推荐丁禹兮演白鸽的话就色色一一了呀哈哈哈😂）
神似《四个婚礼和一个葬礼》，但毕竟是描写会烧菜的上海爷叔，所以变成了《四次下厨和一个葬礼》，老白全片确实下了四次厨房无误。
夸的人很多了，也确实经夸。导演意志强大，呈现在银幕上也就整体性强。拍出上海韵味，根底是拍出男女关系的现代性。电影是你进我退的探戈，韵律和节奏才是曼妙，特别要夸的除了表演，还有摄影，灵动又不抢，处处在又处处不在，很好。都说这部电影的女权意识，想想看一个类似的设定，把甜蜜蜜里的威廉做实了，而且索菲亚罗兰交关体面。
非常的平淡，上海话得一直看字幕很烦，语速还快，看的累死了。看完就像没看一样。。。
连修鞋匠都端着咖啡杯的上海，
处女作的四两拨千斤，市井智慧与艺术性的融合，全程台词的精妙，国内语境下正确呈现多元价值观的尝试等等，无数珍贵之处。而之所以没有那么被打动，是仍然理想化的、过度美化的、站在一定优越感高点的俯视，注定与真的现实有距离。大概懂了为什么那么多美国人讨厌伍迪艾伦。但中国电影需要这部。
每个场景都知道在哪拍的，好喜欢呀！“原来纽约人看伍迪艾伦就是这种心情。”上海人满地找头，其他人面面相觑。
套路感还是有点强的，不过讲到文艺作品里头的上海男女，有一路确实是尽显“渣女”本色的。怎么说呢，这个地方的女人不讲政治正确，都是铁板一块的正经货金宇澄也写不出《繁花》来。《东岸纪事》里的乔乔看上去像个典型的拉三，么办法，就是好看呀。上海的市井文化有种消解能力，能消解一切宏大叙事，包括宏大的女权叙事。你说李小姐吧，看上去精明独立，也被老外骗去两套房子；蓓蓓虽然外面搞花头，但其实不想离婚的呀，说她们女权，也激进不到哪里去。所以说也就是白相相，格洛瑞亚就是典型的白相人。包括这个电影也就是蛮好白相，没什么太深刻的啦。但好白相又有啥不好呢？本来谈的也不是感情，而是规则。大家在一定的规则范畴内，都可以白相，从心所欲不逾矩，不然超出了规则，就伐好白相了呀。所以不要看它是爱情片，真谈感情的，是另一种叙事方式。
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