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Mumbai Te Mauritius (1991) starring Ashok Saraf, Laxmikant Berde, Varsha Usgaonkar, Jayshree Gadkar, Sudhir Dalvi & Bal Dhuri. Directed by Satish Randive.

Working life was often no walk in the park for the resolute Henriette. Without any training and with many odd jobs, the now 58-year-old has struggled through life. And so Henni decides to take the bull by the horns once again and take her fate into her own hands. She reinvents herself as a "premium nanny" who only works for the best families in the world and dreams of carefree hours on the beach of a dream island. Of course, there is always a huge gap between her dreams and reality, and so her first job on the island of Mauritius becomes a real challenge.

Queen Elizabeth's younger and only sibling, Princess Margaret, went on a 5-week tour of Mauritius and East Africa in September-October 1956.

Five international thieves meet in Cape Town to steal the most valuable stamp in the world.

A comedy directed by Vivian Naefe.

A Nobel Prize-winning chemist wants to spend his honeymoon in Mauritius, where he meets his childhood sweetheart, who works here as a hotel manager. Their 20-year-old daughter works as an entertainer and the man has no idea that he is the father. When the young woman is put in danger by a love-struck German doctor, he has to act.

A dreamy, experimental documentary exploring the legacy of British colonialism in Mauritius and the Chagos Islands. It traces two constitutional challenges to colonial-era sodomy laws and the ongoing fight of displaced Chagossians to return home. As the criminalisation of LGBTQ+ lives collides with climate injustice and contested sovereignty, the film reveals how imperial power continues to shape legal systems, identities, and land rights. A haunting meditation on queer struggle, forced displacement, and the unfinished business of decolonisation.

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Bissoon is a retired Mauritian struggling with the Chinese merchant Ah-Yan who tries to sell him a new radio, as his, after 20 years, is broken. Bissoon resists the temptations of globalization but then falls victim to the marketing .

The film shows Port Louis, the capital; workers on sugar plantations and road mending as well as colonial life in the then British dependency.

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Mystic Mauritius presents Mauritius in a way never before seen. Some of the most beautiful parts of the island are difficult to access or inaccessible, and the film shares these special spots with fellow Mauritians as well as a worldwide audience.

Silke Schranz and Christian Wüstenberg have extensively traveled the tropical island of Mauritius and now return with exciting stories and impressive footage. This documentary takes viewers to the most beautiful places on Mauritius. The filmmakers traverse tropical forests, swim with dolphins, explore the fascinating underwater world, sail to offshore islands, and are enchanted by the colorful markets of the vibrant capital, Port Louis.

On the island of Mauritius, which belongs to Africa, musician and globetrotter Sîla meets three generations of musicians who recount the island's musical and political history with lots of music. The colonial power France once brought slaves from Madagascar and the African mainland to the island, where they had to toil on the sugar cane plantations. The slaves developed a musical style of freedom with homemade instruments – Séga. Today, this music is considered the "blues of the Indian Ocean." Different, very rhythmic styles have developed. The performers of "Séga engazé" and "Seggae" – a reggae sound – are representatives of a revolutionary music that raises its voice against oppression, racism, and violence against women. The musicians believe in the power of music as a mouthpiece for a rather voiceless island society and in its unifying element across all religious and ethnic differences.

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A couple flying on a small plane to attend a tropical island wedding must fight for their lives after their pilot suffers a heart attack.

Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in France, Spain, England and Canada, a group of international scholars paint a new portrait of the world of piracy in the Indian Ocean.

GHOSTED is a British romantic comedy drama film in which an aspiring actress falls for a man on their first date.

A day in the life of Lina, a young girl from Port-Louis, capital of Mauritius, seen through the eyes of the cathedral. A day that will not be the same as the rest when an unexpected meeting brings Lina face to face with reality and she is forced her to make a choice.

There are more than 500 accordions for 35,000 people. Polkas, mazurkas and waltzes are part of the history and mestization of an island forgotten by all for a very long time. Here, the accordion is not a forgotten instrument, quite the contrary; its sound mixes with African drums so that young and old can dance. With Philippe Imbert's help, a French craftsman, the Rodrigues Accordion Association has set out on a new adventure: Making their own accordion. The first one, the prototype, completely made on the island, is called Bella

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Two young men went on a ride with their old friend in his truck across the whole Mauritius, the sole purpose of it being finding and getting two girls to entertain them that very night back home.

A father sews a national flag which he has promised to his son on the occasion of the National Day celebration. He leaves home on the said day and on his way loses his flag. He sets out to find it and ends up meeting people who'll make him reflect on the core value of the country, that of sharing and helping each other

In this comedic travelogue movie, filmmaker Alex Suszko ventures to the country of Mauritius where he attempts to understand the cultural differences as a lower-middle class American abroad.

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