Tag: Rated 12A

A Chinese-American film that captures the push and pull between the bonds of blood and the ties of culture as they are explored with a light touch and a perceptive eye in this family story.  A hastily convened wedding provides the cover story to bring the extended American- living family back to China to say farewell to their elderly matriarch who is the only one not to know she is terminally ill. A film about balance, a yin and yang of roots and identities, humour and pathos that comes together in a bittersweet drama. Director Lulu Wang. (2019).

English, Japanese, Mandarin.

Doors open from 7:30pm for wine and soft drinks.

Annual membership £50 (11 films).

This extraordinary debut by director Charlotte Wells tells the poignant story of a father-daughter relationship . Understated, deceptively simple it is a tale of memory, love and loss. Featuring Paul Mescal and newcomer Frankie Corio it is about a holiday for a recently divorced father and his eleven year old daughter in Turkey that is a summer break but also a kind of farewell. (2022)

English.

Doors open from 7:30pm for wine and soft drinks.

Annual membership £50 (11 films).

An Iranian family (including ailing dog) travel in their car through remote northwest Iran towards the Turkish border. Funny and devastating with a strong political message. The father of this first-time director is in prison for criticizing the Iranian government and the film was made covertly. (2021)

Farsi

Doors open from 7:30 pm for wine and soft drinks.

Annual membership £50 (11 films).

An elderly Quechuan couple living in the highlands of Bolivia have a quiet tranquil life for years until a drought changes it. Genuine poignancy and stunning visuals. (2022)

Spanish

Doors open from 7:30pm for wine and soft drinks.

Annual membership £50 (11 films).

The final film of director Roger Michell stars the British character actor Jim Broadbent as the funny, scheming miscreant who believes crime is justified if it serves a greater purpose when he steals Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington. A sweet natured and genial comedy. (2020)

English

Doors open from 7:30pm for wine and soft drinks.

Annual membership £50 (11 films).