Sunday 18th September Rams Cert 15 Iceland (2015) Dir: Grímur Hákonarson 1hr 33 mins In a secluded valley in Iceland, brothers Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best, and the brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. “A marvel of deadpan comedy”
Sunday 16th October Sunset Song Cert 15 UK (2015) Dir: Terence Davies
2hrs 15mins
Adapted from Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s novel which follows the plight of Scottish farm girl Chris as her loving husband Ewan enlists in the army at the onset of World War I, and later returns home on leave a changed man. An intimate epic of hope, tragedy and love at the dawning of the Great War. “Achingly lovely on both visual and narrative grounds”
Sunday 20th November Our Little Sister Cert PG Japan (2015) Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda 2hrs 8 mins Three sisters Sachi, Yoshino and Chika live together in a large house in the city of Kamakura. When their estranged father dies, they travel to his funeral and meet their shy teenage half-sister. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu, they invite her to live with them. She eagerly agrees, and a new life of joyful discovery begins for the four sisters. “Sublime, another rapturous family story from Director Kore-eda”
For full details of Cinema Obscura’s 2016 -17 season of films contact Eddie Gaines on 01984 624657
Cinema Obscura Sunday 11th December A New Leaf
Cert PG USA (1971) Dir: Elaine May 1hr 42 mins Henry Graham lives a full life of a rich playboy. When his lawyer tells him that his lifestyle has consumed all his money he is urged by his English butler to avoid climbing down the social ladder. Henry plots to marry a rich woman and then murder her – and that’s when he meets shy botanist and heiress Henrietta. “Walter Matthau and Elaine May excel in this long lost comedy classic”
Films in the second half of our 2016 -17 season (in brief) Sunday 15 January 2017: Julieta Spain 2016 Dir: Pedro Almodóvar When a woman searches for her 18-year-old daughter, she finds herself investigating her own past.
Sunday 19 February 2017: Papusza Poland 2013 Dir: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish Romany Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her mentor, writer Jerzy Ficowski.
Sunday 19 March 2017: He Named me Malala UK 2015 Dir: Davis Guggenheim Documentary look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education followed by the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
Sunday 23 April 2017: Tangerines Estonia, Georgia 2013 Dir: Zaza Urushadze War in Georgia, Apkhazeti region in 1990. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.
All our screenings are at the New Hall Wiveliscombe Primary School, North Street, Wiveliscombe. TA4 2LA Directions: From centre of Wiveliscombe, turn right into North Street from the White Hart Hotel. The Primary School is approx 200 yards on the left. The New Hall is on right hand side of the Primary School - Good disabled access Limited parking is also available via Tuckers Meadow ( just past the school on the left ) At the end of the screening – we ask that you please respect neighbours by leaving the Primary School vicinity quietly.
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