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2011 September 20th THE HEADLESS WOMAN* Spain/Argentina
2008 87 min Dir: Lucrecia Martel We start the season with an enigmatic Argentine
film. After running into
something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state.
She realises she might have killed someone...or did she? |
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October 4th MOON UK 2009
97 min Dir:
Duncan Jones Toward the end of
his three-year solo mission on the moon an astronaut has an accident that
leads to a quintessentially personal encounter. Acclaimed first
film from David Bowie’s son. |
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October
18th I AM LOVE* Italy 2009
120 min Dir: Luca
Guadagnino A tragic love story
set at the turn of the millennium in Milan. The film follows
the fall of the haute bourgeoisie due to the forces of passion and
unconditional love. Tilda Swinton at
her best in this moving
depiction of the disintegration of a powerful industrial family. |
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November 1st DAYS
OF GLORY* Algeria/France/Morocco/Belgium 2006
120 min Dir: Rachid Bouchareb During WWII, four
North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from
Nazi oppression, and to fight French discrimination. Themes as relevant
today as they were then. How
hollow is the promise of liberty, equality, and fraternity? |
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November 15th PLEASE GIVE USA 2010 90 min Dir: Nicole Holofcener In New York City, a
husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who
lives in apartment the couple owns - black comedy. Preceded
by the ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING OF |
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November 29th THE SEA INSIDE* Spain 2004
125 min Dir:
Alejandro Amenábar The real-life story
of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro who fought a 30
year campaign in favour of euthanasia and his own right to die. Moving and very
topical. Oscar winner of the
Best Foreign Film starring the award winning Javier Bardem. NB THIS
IS A LONG FILM SO IT WILL START PROMPTLY AT 19:30 |
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December 13th THE ILLUSIONIST* UK/France
2010 80 min Dir: Sylvain Chomet A French
illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland where he meets a
young woman. Their ensuing
adventure changes both their lives forever. Oscar nominated
animation, from a screenplay by Jacques Tati.
Followed by the |
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2012 January 17th INVESTIGATION* Bulgaria/Netherlands
2006 100 min Dir: Iglika Triffonova Parts of a corpse
have been found and a suspect, Plamen Goranov, brother of the
murdered man, is detained.... An Exclusive Screening for RFS |
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January 31st BROKEN EMBRACES* Spain
2009 129 min Dir: Pedro Almodovar Harry Caine, a
blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from
14 years back. He was then still
known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie. Almodovar, the Spanish master at his best. Where would he and
us be without Penélope Cruz! NB THIS
IS A LONG FILM SO IT WILL START PROMPTLY AT 19:30 |
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February 21st MOTHER* South Korea
2009 124 min Dir: Joon-ho Bong A mother
desperately searches for the killer that framed her son for an horrific
murder. Great thriller with
plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing. A masterpiece from
a country whose films rarely get a showing in the UK. NB THIS
IS A LONG FILM SO IT WILL START PROMPTLY AT 19:30 |
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February 28th NORTH FACE* Germany 2008
126 min Dir:
Philipp Stölzl Based on a true
story, a suspenseful adventure film about a competition to climb the most
dangerous rock face in the Alps. Set in 1936, as
Nazi propaganda urges the nation's Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north
face of the Swiss massif - the Eiger.
Clint Eastwood it’s not. NB THIS
IS A LONG FILM SO IT WILL START PROMPTLY AT 19:30 |
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March 13th SERAPHIM FALLS USA 2006
115 min Dir:
David Von Ancken At the end of the
Civil War, a colonel hunts down a man with whom he has a grudge. The definitive Irish Western. A gem from an all
star cast of Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson and Anjelica Huston |
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March 27th GANGSTER’S PARADISE: JERUSALEMA South
Africa 2008 118 min Dir:
Ralph Ziman Young hoodlum’s rise
from a small-time criminal to a powerful crime entrepreneur during the
turbulent years before and after the fall of apartheid. Fascinating
snap-shot of a short period in history. Another film not released in the UK but
tracked down for RFS by the committee |
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April
17th EXIT
THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP UK/USA 2010
87 min Dir: Banksy The story of how an
eccentric French shopkeeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and
befriend Banksy…. The definitive Street Art documentary with a very
amusing and surprising denouement. |
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May 1st ARCHIPELAGO UK 2010 115 min Dir: Joanna Hogg Deep fractures
within a family dynamic begin to surface during a getaway to the Isles of
Scilly |
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NOTE The
Society reserves the right to alter the programme if a scheduled film is
unavailable Films marked '*'
are in the original version and will be subtitled Screenings
are in The
Studio Theatre of Richmond Adult
and Community College, Parkshot, Richmond (RACC) |
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