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”
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