THURSDAY 25 JULY
Pearl 7:30PM
M
Switzerland, France, 2018
Genre: Drama
Language: English, French
Director: Elsa Amiel
Starring: Julia Föry, Arieh Worthalter, Vidal Arzoni, Agata Buzek, Peter Mullan
What's it about?
72 hours from the final of an international female bodybuilding championship. Lea Pearl (Föry) is set to compete for the prestigious title of Miss Heaven. But her past catches up with her, when her ex-lover Ben (Worthalter) shows up with the 6-year-old son she hardly knows.
Violette 9:05PM
M
France, Belgium, 2013
Genre: Drama, Biography
Language: French
Director: Martin Provost
Starring: Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet, Olivier Py
What's it about? In wartime France, Violette Leduc (Devos) lives in the countryside, subsiding on the profits of her black-marketeering. Upon the urging of her writer friend, Maurice Sachs (Py), Violette moves to Paris, where she discovers the writing of Simone de Beauvoir (Kiberlain). This simple discovery changes her life forever. A fearless and determined woman, Violette writes a novel and sets about meeting de Beauvoir to request her help in having it published, an action which leads to the development of an intense and lifelong relationship between the two women. From Martin Provost, director of Seraphine and The Midwife.
Violette: Martin Provost interview
'Violette': Sharp, Sympathetic Look At Uncompromising Woman's Art And Life
FRIDAY 26 JULY
Brooklyn 7:30PM
M
Ireland, Canada, 2015
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: English
Director: John Crowley
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Emily Bett Rickards
What's it about?
An Irish immigrant (Ronan) lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local (Cohen). When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. Nominated for three Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Ronan) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Nick Hornby, from the novel by Colm Tóibín.)
Downfall 9:40PM
MA15+
Germany, 2004
Genre: History, DramaDirector: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Juliane Köhler
What's it about?Charting the last 10 days of Hitler's (played by Ganz) life, from his 56th birthday on April 20th, 1945 to his suicide on April 30th, Downfall uses multiple characters to show the chaos of a country coming apart at the seams, from Hitler's henchman under the streets of Berlin, to the soldiers and civilians fighting and dying as the Soviet Army ravaged the city above. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2005.
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Downfall: Gripping insight into Hitler's last days
