4 Best Movies from Mauritius to Watch First

4 Essential Films from Mauritius

Ranked native cinema in Mauritius’s own creative voice.

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   1. Lonbraz Kann

   2014

   As the sugar factory that has employed them all their lives faces closure — its cane fields to be replaced by luxury villas and golf courses — a group of Mauritian workers confronts the end of an era. A wistful drama of a vanishing way of life.

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   2. The Children of Troumaron

   Les enfants de Troumaron · 2012

   In a poor, forgotten quarter of Mauritius, four young people trapped by poverty and violence reach toward love and escape amid the ruins of their neighborhood. Adapted from Ananda Devi's novel, a haunting drama.

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   3. Benares

   2005

   Two restless young men set off on a road trip across Mauritius in an old friend's truck in search of girls and a night of fun, an escapade that reveals the island beneath the postcard. A youthful drama.

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   4. La Cathédrale

   2006

   A day in the life of a young woman from Port-Louis, observed as if through the eyes of the city's cathedral, when an unexpected encounter brings her face to face with harsh reality. A poetic Mauritian drama.