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THE EDGE OF LOVE TULPAN THE READER HOW ABOUT YOU RACHEL GETTING MARRIED MARY AND MAX THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS FROST / NIXON DISGRACE (School Holidays - ICE AGE 3 : HANNAH MONTANA)
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OUR MOVIE PROGRAMME
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THE EDGE OF LOVE ma UK 110 minutes Starring Keira
Knightley and
Sienna Miller
Tuesday August 11th 7.30pm The story of poet Dylan Thomas told through the lives of two women, his wife Caitlin and his purported lover Vera. The Blitz is on in London and Vera attracts the attention of a soldier, Captain William Killick, adding a fourth element to an already volatile mix. The story explores the Bohemian world of war-torn London and the complexities of the two young couples whose lives become dangerously intertwined. |
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TULPAN m Mongolia 99 minutes
Saturday August 15th and Tuesday 18th at 7.30pm Another superb film from the region that gave us "The Weeping Camel". Set in the steppes of southern Kazakhstan where the wind blows, the dust swirls, camels stampede and young Asa is desperate to establish himself in the sort of life that his beautiful sister Samal and her herdsman husband Ondas has. Asa wants to marry Tulpan, the daughter of a neighbouring family, but she won't have anything to do with him; and unfortunately he is not cut out for a life on the Steppes. |
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THE READER m UK 124 minutes Starring Ralph Fiennes and
Kate Winslet
Saturday August
22nd and Tuesday 25th at 7.30pm Set in post WW II Germany, Michael and Hanna are quickly drawn into into a passionate but secretive affair until Hanna mysteriously disappears one day. Eight years later Michael is stunned to find Hanna back in his life. A story about truth and reconciliation in a difficult era. |
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HOW ABOUT YOU ma UK 100 minutes Starring Vanessa Redgrave
Saturday August 29th and Tuesday September 1st 7.30pm Ellie is a carefree young woman who is left in charge of a residential home and four grumpy old residents known as the 'hardcore'. They are a retired screen beauty; two spinster sisters and as retired High Court judge. The film wonderfully tells of the hilarious antics of these uncivilised seniors and the gradual solidarity that develops between them and Ellie. |
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RACHEL GETTING MARRIED m USA 113 minutes Starring Anne Hathaway
Tuesday September 8th at 7.30pm When Kim (Anne Hathaway) returns to the family home for her sister's wedding she brings with her a long history of personal crisis, family conflict and tragedy. The film paints a heartfelt, perceptive and sometimes hilarious family portrait. |
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MARY AND MAX m AUS 80 minutes Directed by
Oscar winner Adam Elliott
Saturday September 12th and Tuesday 15th at 7.30pm Elliott presents a feature-length claymation film that tells a story of two pen-friends spanning twenty years and two continents. Mary and Max is innocent but not naive, as it takes us on a journey that explore friendship; autism; taxidermy; psychiatry; alcoholism; obesity; kleptomania; agoraphobia; religion and much, much more. |
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THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS m 94 minutes Saturday September 19th and Tuesday 22nd at 7.30pm Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year old son of the Commandant at a concentration camp. Bruno's forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the fence has startling and unexpected consequences. A timeless story of innocence lost and humanity found. |
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FROST / NIXON m USA
122 minutes
Saturday September 26th and Tuesday 29th at 7.30pm For three years after being forced to resign the Presidency, Nixon remained silent. But in the summer of 1977, the former President agreed to give one all-inclusive interview with David Frost, to confront probing questions of his time on office and the Watergate scandal. A stunning display of unvarnished truth. |
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DISGRACE m S.A.
118 minutes Starring John Malkovich
Tuesday October 6th at 7.30pm Professor David Lurie's life falls apart after he has an impulsive affair with one of his students. Forced to resign his University position, he flees to his daughter's farm in an isolated part of rural South Africa, where it's white residents now face the realities of a new type of discrimination. An utterly riveting and challenging film. |
COMING IN THE NEXT SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.........
ICE AGE 3 ; HANNAH MONTANA ; THE GIRL & THE DOG
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