Sunday 15th September A very special Cinema Obscura 20th Anniversary celebratory meetup with Forkbeard’s Brittonioni Brothers alive (just) on stage at Kingsmead School Theatre – more concerned about the cut of their trousers than the final cut of their films! Tickets £12 (£6 children) 7pm doors open, 8pm live theatre – Bar & light refreshments will be available also
Sunday 13th October Woman at War (2018) Iceland-France-Ukraine
1hr 41mins
Director Benedikt Erlingsson Halla is a 50-year-old environmental activist who crusades against the local aluminium industry in Iceland. As her actions grow bolder, her life changes in the blink of an eye when she is finally granted permission to adopt a girl from the Ukraine. – Jodie Foster is remaking this film – see the original first with us.
Sunday 10th November Sink or Swim France (2018) Director: Gilles Lellouche 2hrs 2 mins You wait ages for an all-male synchronised swimming comedy and then two came along at once.…In France, we meet Bertrand who is unemployed, depressed and spending his days playing Candy Crush. His life changes when he spots a sign seeking new members for a local swimming team. Loosely based on the documentary Men who Swim
For full details of Cinema Obscura’s 2019 - 20 season of films contact Eddie Gaines on 01984 624657
Cinema Obscura Sunday 8th December
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Day for Night France (1973) Director: François Truffaut 1hr 52 mins A film director (played by Truffaut) tries to get his movie made while observing real-life dramas in his actors' lives. Fading icon Severine forgets her lines when she drinks, while her co-star, Alexandre, is fixated on his lover's imminent arrival. Meanwhile, insecure young star Alphonse has emotional outbursts, yet seems well-balanced compared to Julie, a British actress recuperating from a nervous
breakdown. “a film for people who love films”
Films in the second half of our 2019 -20 season (in brief) Sunday 12th January 2020: Green Book cert 12 US (2018) Dir: Peter Farrelly
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. 2019 Oscar winning film, screenplay and supporting performance Sunday 9th February 2020: Two Days, One Night cert 15 France (2014) Dir:
Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne
Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard plays Sandra, a young woman assisted by her husband, who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job. Sunday 8th March 2020: THE SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID AND THE TWO EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS cert 12 UK (2016) Dir: Ben Rivers
Shot in 16mm against the landscape of the Atlas Mountains and desert sands of the Moroccan Sahara, Rivers's footage takes the viewer on several parallel journeys through documentary and fiction. Sunday 19th April 2020: Bait cert 15 UK 2019 Dir: Mark Jenkin
With a vintage Bolex 16mm camera using monochrome Kodak film stock, Bait is a timely and funny, yet poignant new film that gets to the heart of a Cornish community facing up unwelcome change.
All our film 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.
CINEMA OBSCURA Membership details Full Season 2019/20 (7 FILMS)
Membership £22 Day Members £5 per film Nb. Our September ‘Forkbeard’ live event is not part of the film season - tickets £12 (children £6) Cinema Obscura reserves the right to change the listed film programme
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