FILM MAY – JUN 2018
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A Fantastic Woman
WELCOME Hello, In January an audience gathered in our cinema to celebrate the life and work of Ingmar Bergman with Geoff Andrew. We are now able to present the season of films promised at the time, six outstanding films from a prolific and consistently strong career, including The Touch (Fri 27 & Sun 29 Apr), Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal and, as a midsummer treat, Smiles of a Summer Night. This is also the 50th anniversary of the riots and revolts which engulfed the world in 1968. Inspired by BFI’s ‘Uprising: The Spirit of ‘68’ season, we welcome a short series of films which distil the spirit of the age, including Michel Hazanavicius’ wickedly funny portrait of Jean-Luc Godard, Redoutable, Lindsay Anderson’s tale of public school revolt, If…, a little known Ken Loach film from 1969, The Big Flame and the Cuban classic, Memories of Underdevelopment. Saoirse Ronan is a commanding presence, not only in the return of Lady Bird but also as the lead of the latest Ian McEwan adaptation, On Chesil Beach. Lily James and Jessica Brown Findlay lead the cast in the search for a lost writer and rebel in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, and Rupert Everett excels as writer, director and star of The Happy Prince, an exploration of the latter days of Oscar Wilde, offering more to consider than the quipping fop. Just like the buses, you wait around for months for some new French cinema and then half a dozen come along at once! 120 Beats per Minute, Let the Sunshine In and Custody have been gracing the festival circuit garnering awards and very warm reviews. Double Lover finds François Ozon back to his most mischievous self, and My Golden Days has been received as one of the best teen movies to come out of France. This season’s programme has the energy and diversity of a festival; you can enjoy your own Cannes here in Canley! Bring your own yacht!
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Tue 1 & Thu 3 May Dir: Richard Loncraine UK 2017 111mins Cast: Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall After discovering her long-time husband having an affair at his retirement party, snobbish Sandra (Staunton) finds refuge in the flat of her estranged, bohemian sister, Bif (Imrie). Although they appear to be polar opposites, Sandra’s perceptions begin to change as she is introduced to a group of like-minded people who are bucking the trend in their later years, including her new dance partner, Charlie (Spall). “THERE IS A PARTICULAR BLEND OF HEART-WARMING SECOND-CHANCE-AT-LIFE COMEDY THAT SEEMS TO BE A SPECIALITY FOR BRITISH FILMMAKERS” Empire
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A Fantastic Woman 15 Mark Felt: The Man (Una Mujer Fantástica) Who Brought Down Tue 1 – Thu 3 May the White House 12A Dir: Sebastián Lelio Chile/Germany/Spain/USA 2017 104mins Spanish with subtitles Cast: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco Marina (Vega) is a young waitress and aspiring singer. When her partner, Orlando (Reyes), suffers a terrible accident one night, Marina becomes the prime suspect. As a trans woman she is treated like a criminal from the outset, with everyone from the doctors to Orlando’s family and the police seeing her not as a woman, but as an aberration. Join us on Thu 3 May for a post-screening discussion with Film Festival Director, Rosa Bosch.
Tue 1 – Thu 3 May Dir: Peter Landesman USA 2017 103mins Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Lane Based on the true story of the most famous anonymous man in American history: Mark Felt (Neeson), the FBI secondin-command who was the whistleblower in the 1970s Watergate scandal. While his name has been public for a decade, few know about the personal and professional life of the uncompromising Felt, who sacrificed everything to bring what he knew to light. As current events strike startling parallels to the turmoil of the Watergate era, this story could not be more timely.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 12A Fri 4 – Thu 10 May Dir: Mike Newell UK 2018 124mins Cast: Lily James, Michiel Huisman
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Juliet Ashton (James) is a free spirited journalist who hopes to tell the story of ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’, an eccentric book club whose love of fiction kept them going through the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands. Upon visiting Guernsey, Juliet finds herself charmed by the locals, especially Dawsey Adams (Huisman), as she gains a deeper understanding of how the islanders survived the Nazi rule. Featuring an exceptional supporting cast of British talent, and from the director of Four Weddings and a Funeral, this charming film is sure to delight.
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Ghost Stories 15 Fri 4 – Mon 7 May Dir: Andy Nyman, Jeremy Dyson UK 2017 98mins Cast: Martin Freeman, Alex Lawther, Andy Nyman, Paul Whitehouse Adapted from the hit West End show, Ghost Stories follows Professor Philip Goodman (Nyman), a psychologist whose rationality is tested when he stumbles across a long-lost file containing details of three terrifying hauntings. Shaken by what he uncovers, Goodman embarks on a mission to vindicate these ghostly stories. In doing so he meets three tormented men - Mike Priddle (Freeman), Simon Rifkind (Lawther) and Tony Matthews (Whitehouse) - each with a tale more frightening and inexplicable than the last.
The Greatest Showman Sing-A-Long PG Sat 5 May Dir: Michael Gracey USA 2017 105mins Cast: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for! Enjoy this special sing-a-long screening of The Greatest Showman, the Golden Globe winner for Best Original Song. It’s your time to shine, so have fun, sing loud and ‘Come Alive’ – it’s Showtime! A bold and original musical that celebrates the birth of show business, The Greatest Showman is inspired by the true story of 1800s pioneer P.T. Barnum (Jackman).
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Coco PG Sat 5 – Mon 7 May Dir: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina USA 2017 105mins Cast: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt Desperate to play music in a household that has banned it, young Miguel (Gonzalez) steals a guitar belonging to deceased musical icon, Ernesto De La Cruz (Bratt), during the Day of the Dead festival. In doing so he is inadvertently transported to the Land of the Dead and must enlist his family’s help to get back home before dawn. “PIXAR HAS RAISED THE ANIMATION BAR AGAIN, WITH ITS MOST MUSICAL - AND ARGUABLY MOST MAGICAL - FILM YET.”
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120 Beats per Minute 15 (120 battements par minute) Tue 8 & Wed 9 May Dir: Robin Campillo France 2018 143min French with subtitles Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois Nathan (Valois) is a young, HIVnegative man who joins AIDS activist group ACT UP in 1990s Paris. There, he discovers that some members want a more radical approach to their protests, whilst the more conservative amongst them fear the rebels are undermining their message. Caught between the two sides, Nathan begins a relationship with the militant, HIV-positive Sean (Biscayart). Told with passion and style, 120 Beats per Minute is full of urgency and heart.
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Look Back in Anger PG The Dam Busters at 75: Live from the Tue 8 & Wed 9 May Dir: Tony Richardson Royal Albert Hall PG UK 1958 97mins Cast: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Gary Raymond In Northern England, frustrated college dropout Jimmy Porter (Burton) plays music at a jazz club at night and by day works at a candy stall with partner Cliff Lewis (Raymond), who lives with Jimmy and his wife, Alison (Ure). Embittered by the strictures of working class life, Jimmy constantly insults and undermines Alison, whose family is upper class. However, when Alison invites her best friend, self-assured Helena (Bloom), to stay with them, Jimmy’s grievances threaten to boil over. “SIXTY YEARS ON…BURTON’S FIREPOWER IS UNDIMMED” The Guardian
Fri 11 May Tickets: £12.50 (£10) Dir: Michael Anderson UK 1955 199mins Cast: Michael Redgrave, Richard Todd Based on the legendary true story of Commander Guy Gibson and his squadron, The Dam Busters captures all the thrilling action and magnificent exploits of a group of young pilots, charged with taking out the supposedly impenetrable Ruhr river dams of Germany with an ingeniously designed bouncing bomb. Hosted by Dan Snow, and featuring the Glenn Miller Orchestra plus special guests, this commemorative event marks the 75th anniversary of the original Dam Buster’s raid. 05
Lady Bird 15 Sat 12 – Tue 15 & Thu 17 May Dir: Greta Gerwig USA 2017 94mins Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf Greta Gerwig’s semi autobiographical directorial debut follows precocious teenager Christine (Ronan), or ‘Lady Bird’, as she drifts through her final year at a strict Catholic school in Sacramento, California in 2002. Full of daydreams and aspirations for her future, she continually clashes with her mother, Marion (Metcalf), who is more preoccupied with practical concerns. Beautifully and sensitively realised, Lady Bird is a personal and authentic coming-ofage story. “RARELY HAS A DIRECTORIAL DEBUT BEEN SO ASSURED, SO SINGULAR AND SO HEARTWARMINGLY AFFECTING”
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Beast 15 Sat 12 – Wed 16 May Dir: Michael Pearce UK 2018 102mins Cast: Johnny Flynn, Jessie Buckley, Geraldine James Following a traumatically violent event in her teens, 27-year-old Moll (Buckley) lives as something of an outsider in her small island community, where she still lives with her parents. When she falls for the mysterious yet handsome Pascal (Flynn), she is empowered to escape her oppressive life and claw back her freedom. However, as the corpse of the fourth young woman murdered on the island is discovered, Pascal’s unnerving energy is met with paranoia, but Moll is determined to defend him, whatever the cost, in this slick and cunning thriller.
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Have a Nice Day 15 (Hao Ji Le) Tue 15 - Thu 17 May Dir: Liu Jian China 2017 78mins Mandarin with subtitles Cast: Zhu Changlong, Yang Siming When his girlfriend has botched plastic surgery, Xiao Zhang (Changlong) robs Uncle Liu (Siming), a shady crime boss, of a million yuan to pay for another operation. In a city in southern China, this bag of stolen money draws an unlikely group of adversaries into a bloody conflict. Evoking the style of Quentin Tarantino, Have a Nice Day is a darkly funny, animated neo-noir. “HAVE A NICE DAY STANDS APART BECAUSE OF ITS BITTERLY FUNNY BLACK HUMOUR, AND IDIOSYNCRATIC ANIMATION” Roger Ebert
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Psycho Vertical 12A Thu 17 May Dir: Jen Randall UK 2017 75mins Cast: Andy Kirkpatrick Based on his best-selling autobiography of the same name, Psycho Vertical is a raw and emotive study of the complex life and motivations of British writer, funny-man and unlikely heromountaineer, Andy Kirkpatrick, woven into an 18-day solo ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite. Winner of Best Climbing Film at the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2017, the documentary is accompanied by short film The Bothy Project, which follows four female artists to a remote Scottish bothy to untangle their need for outdoor space.
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Let the Sunshine In 15 The Leisure Seeker 15 (Un beau soleil intérieur) Fri 18 – Sun 20 May Dir: Claire Denis France 2017 95mins French with subtitles Cast: Juliette Binoche Isabelle (Binoche) is a divorced Parisian painter who, although searching for another shot at love, refuses to settle for the parade of flawed men who drift in and out of her life. These include a caddish banker who happens to be married; a handsome actor who’s working through his own issues; and a sensitive fellow artist who’s skittish about commitment. What reads like a standard romantic comedy premise is transformed into something altogether deeper, more poignant and perceptive about the profound mysteries of love.
Fri 18 – Thu 24 May Dir: Paolo Virzì Italy/France 2018 112mins Cast: Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland Outgoing Ella (Mirren) and her retired high-school-English-teacher husband, John (Sutherland), are desperate to escape a future of medical care that would keep them apart from one another. In an act of rebellion against their pushy children, they decide to take their Winnebago (nicknamed ‘The Leisure Seeker’) on a trip down Route 1 to visit the Hemingway House, stopping at diners and spending nights at campsites along the way in this heart-warming and poignant film.
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Funny Cow 15 Sat 19 & Tue 22 - Thu 24 May Dir: Adrian Shergold UK 2018 103mins Cast: Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine, Alun Armstrong Funny Cow charts the rise to stardom of a female comedienne (Peake) through the 1970s and 1980s in the North of England. Facing struggles in her personal life, including from her abusive husband, Funny Cow looks to kick off a career drawing laughs in the difficult world of working men’s clubs. As she struggles to crack the male-heavy comedy scene she finds a trustworthy mentor in Lenny (Armstrong) and the chance of new love with Angus (Considine). “PEAKE IS HYPNOTICALLY BELLIGERENT”
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Summer with Monika PG (Sommaren med Monika) Mon 21 & Thu 24 May Dir: Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1953 102mins Swedish with subtitles Cast: Lars Ekborg, Harriet Andersson Disillusioned young city-dweller Harry (Ekborg) is frustrated with his societal responsibilities and his menial job, but when he meets sultry beauty Monika (Andersson), and she takes an interest in him, life takes on new meaning. Inflamed with passion, the lovers steal Harry’s father’s boat and give up their banal city life for an erotic summer spent on an island. There, Monika teaches Harry to give up his inhibitions, and all is well, until Monika’s true nature is revealed.
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(Jusqu’à la garde) Tue 22 & Wed 23 May Dir: Xavier Legrand France 2017 93mins French with subtitles Cast: Léa Drucker, Denis Ménochet, Thomas Gioria
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When his parents separate, a bitter custody battle results in 11-year-old Julien (Gioria) being caught between his parents, Miriam (Drucker) and Antoine (Ménochet). In a dreary magistrate’s court, the lawyers of the estranged couple debate their clients’ parental rights as Miriam pushes for sole custody, accusing her ex-husband of intimidation as well as violence against their older daughter Josephine (Mathilde Auneveux), whilst Antoine manipulates the legal proceedings in order to claw his way back into his ex’s life.
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Fri 25 – Sun 27 & Tue 29 May Dir: Anders Walter Belgium/UK/USA 2017 106mins Cast: Madison Wolfe, Zoe Saldana, Imogen Poots, Sydney Wade
Fri 25 – Mon 28, Wed 30 & Thu 31 May Dir: Eric Styles UK 2017 92mins Cast: John Hurt, Charles Dance, Sofia Helin
Barbara (Wolfe), a young girl who is all but friendless at school, escapes the realities of life by retreating into a fantasy world to fight the evil giants that she believes are a threat to her American town. With the help of a new-found friend (Wade), her big sister Karen (Poots) and a school counsellor (Saldana), Barbara soon learns to face her fears head on. Based on the beloved graphic novel, I Kill Giants is a stunning exploration of grief and innocence. “PONDERING GRIEF AND DENIAL, LOST DREAMS AND IRREVOCABLY ALTERED FUTURES, THE DIRECTOR ANDERS WALTER PROVES YOU DON’T NEED A GIANT-SIZED SPECIAL-EFFECTS BUDGET TO CONJURE ENCHANTMENT AND DANGER”
Ralph Maitland (Hurt) is a celebrated screenwriter in his 70s who, having been diagnosed with a terminal illness, struggles to come to terms with his own mortality. His manner, evident in his interactions with his endlessly patient wife (Helin), is one of brusque, benign irritation. However, determined to rebuild the wreckage of his family and die with some semblance of dignity, Ralph vows to get his affairs in order. The late Sir John Hurt, here in his final performance, is utterly commanding as the vitriolic yet ultimately helpless protagonist.
Mary and the Witch’s Flower U (Meari to majo no hana) Sat 26 – Mon 28 May Dir: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Japan/UK 2017 102mins Japanese with subtitles (Mon 28 May only) Cast: Hana Sugisaki, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Yûki Amami When ordinary young girl Mary (Sugisaki) follows a mysterious cat into the forest, she discovers an old broomstick and the strange Fly-byNight flower. Together they whisk Mary far away to Endor College, a school of magic where terrible things are happening, and Mary must risk her life to set them right. “THE SPELL MR. YONEBAYASHI CASTS IS EFFECTIVE, BUT ALSO EPHEMERAL. IT’S MINOR MAGIC” The New York Times
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Mon 28 & Tue 29 May Dir: Valeska Grisebach Germany 2017 119mins German with subtitles Cast: Meinhard Neumann, Reinhart Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov
Tue 29 – Thu 31 May Dir: Andrew Haigh UK 2017 121mins Cast: Charlie Plummer, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny
When a group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote site in the Bulgarian countryside, the foreign land awakens the men’s sense of adventure, but also their prejudices. Once Meinhard (Neumann) arrives - a strong, mostly silent stranger whose incursions into the Bulgarian community set masculine tensions flaring on both sides - the stage is quickly set for a showdown as the men compete for the favour of the local villagers.
Charley (Plummer) and his single father Ray (Fimmel) arrive in Oregon, eager for a fresh start. While Ray descends into turmoil, Charley finds camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an ageing race horse named Lean on Pete. Pete’s gruff owner, Del (Buscemi), and seasoned jockey (Sevigny), help Charley fill the void of his father’s absence. However, when he discovers that Pete is bound for slaughter, Charley takes extreme measures to spare his new friend’s life.
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Wild Strawberries PG (Smultronstället) Wed 30 & Thu 31 May Dir: Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1952 87mins Swedish with subtitles Cast: Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg (Sjöström) travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne (Thulin), in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara (Andersson), a dead ringer for the doctor’s own first love.
Tully 15 Fri 1, Sat 2, Mon 4 & Tue 5 Jun Dir: Jason Reitman USA 2018 96mins Cast: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass Eleven years after their breakthrough hit film, Juno, director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody reunite for Tully, a sharp, funny and strange exploration of pregnancy and motherhood. Marlo (Theron) is an exhausted mother of three who is gifted a night nanny named Tully (Davis), by her affluent brother (Duplass). Although reluctant at first, Marlo is soon so won over by the young nanny that she starts to form a unique bond with her, staying up late just to learn from her wise twentysomething advice, in this thoughtful tale of parenthood and female friendship. Tully
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Fri 1 Jun – Thu 7 & Sun 10 Jun Dir: Dominic Cooke UK 2017 110mins Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Anne-Marie Duff, Emily Watson Based on Ian McEwan’s acclaimed novel, On Chesil Beach follows Florence (Ronan) and Edward (Howle), a young couple on their honeymoon at the English seaside in 1962. Florence, raised in a cold prison of middle class repression, sees Edward as her promise of freedom. The couple arrive at Chesil Beach guest house in love and ready to begin their new life, but hopelessly ill-equipped to spend their first night together. “SAOIRSE RONAN IS REMARKABLE AND SO IS EVERYTHING ELSE - IN THIS ENTRANCING ADAPTATION OF IAN MCEWAN’S NOVELLA.” Variety 11
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Sun 3 & Wed 6 Jun Dir: Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1957 92mins Swedish with subtitles Cast: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot
Wed 6 & Thu 7 Jun Dir: Michel Hazanavicius France 2016 102mins French with subtitles Cast: Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin
When disillusioned knight Antonius Block (von Sydow) returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death (Ekerot) to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, determined to commit one redemptive act while he still lives. Bergman’s masterpiece has remained one of the most iconic films ever made, tackling issues of existential doubt and despair. 12
Charting the relationship of JeanLuc Godard (Garrel) and Anne Wiazemsky (Martin), this is an innovative biopic from the director of The Artist. Set during the 1960s, it follows Godard when he had finished filming La Chinoise and was drawn into the national movement of revolution, radically changing his approach to filmmaking. “REDOUBTABLE IS FUN, A BREEZY, SUPER-SELF-REFERENTIAL RECYCLING OF VINTAGE GODARDIAN TROPES” BFI
If… 15 Fri 8 Jun Dir: Lindsay Anderson UK 1968 111mins Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick Lindsay Anderson’s If… is a daringly anarchic vision of British society, set in an English boarding school in the late 1960s. Teenage rebel Mick Travis (McDowell) and his two henchmen, Johnny (Wood) and Wallace (Warwick), run riot in their upper class public school with a series of petty thefts. However, they soon attract the attention of both the sadistic older boys and the school’s out-of-touch masters, leading to vicious games and a doomed rebellion. “THIS RAZOR-SHARP SATIRE EVISCERATES THE BRITISH ESTABLISHMENT” The Guardian
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Fri 8, Sat 9, Mon 11, Tue 12 & Thu 14 Jun Dir: Simon Hunter UK 2018 102mins Cast: Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan
Sat 9 Jun Dir: Ken Loach UK 1969 85mins Cast: Norman Rossington, Godfrey Quigley
Sun 10 & Wed 13 Jun Dir: Robert Wise USA 1965 165mins Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker
First shown as part of the BBC’s The Wednesday Play series, this television play, written by Jim Allen and directed by Ken Loach, tells the story of ten thousand dockworkers occupying the Liverpool docks, filmed in Loach’s gritty, documentary style. After a prolonged industrial dispute, the striking workers reject management demands to return to work, instead occupying the docks to run them themselves.
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s tuneful and heart-warming classic returns to the big screen. When tomboyish postulant Maria (Andrews) becomes a governess in the home of stern widowed naval captain Georg von Trapp (Plummer), sparks fly as she tries to keep up with his seven children. However, as she gets to know the family she brings a new love of life and music back into the home.
Following her controlling husband’s sudden death, 80-year-old Edie (Hancock) tries to overcome a lifetime of bitterness and resentment as she searches for happiness in a place that she had never previously had the chance to go: a remote mountainside in Scotland. With her daughter making plans to move her into a retirement home, Edie grasps at what may be the last chance to recover her freedom.
“THE SOUND OF MUSIC HAS A CONFIDENCE AND A SENSE OF MORAL PURPOSE THAT WARMS THE HARDEST HEART" The Telegraph
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Jeune Femme 15 Mon 11 & Tue 12 Jun Dir: Léonor Serraille France 2017 98mins French with subtitles Cast: Laetitia Dosch, Grégoire Monsaingeon Paula (Dosch) is kicked out by her ex-boyfriend Joachim (Monsaingeon), a photographer who owes his success to her, and finds herself broke, with nothing but her cat, wandering the streets of Paris, lonely and fixated. Honest, individual and prone to mistakes, Paula makes no plans beyond the moment-tomoment demands of survival as she tries to reconfigure her place in the world.
Memories of Journeyman 15 Underdevelopment 15 Wed 13 & Thu 14 Jun (Memorias del subdesarrollo) Tue 12 Jun Dir: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Cuba 1968 97mins Spanish with subtitles Cast: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados When the Batista regime falls, Sergio (Corrieri), an affluent writer and member of the Havana elite, stays behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to Miami. Caught between the bourgeois lifestyle he is tired of and a revolution he doesn’t understand, Sergio squanders his days prowling the streets of Havana. Drifting through his new life he falls into a messy affair with the chaste 17-year-old Elena (Granados), nearly ruining him when her family accuses Sergio of rape. “TRANSFIXING”
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Dir: Paddy Considine UK 2017 92mins Cast: Paddy Considine, Jodie Whittaker, Paul Popplewell Matty Burton (Considine), a middleweight boxing champion coming to the end of his career, decides to secure a future for his wife Emma (Whittaker) and their baby daughter Mia with one final fight. His opponent is the brash and controversial Andre Bryte, a big puncher hell-bent on ripping Matty of his boxing title. After a mammoth battle, Matty returns home to his wife, but collapses on the floor from a delayed reaction to a devastating punch. When he awakes from the coma, the real fight begins. Suffering from memory loss and with his personality altered, Matty must begin to piece his life back together as his world disintegrates.
Cries and Whispers 15 The Breadwinner 12A (Viskningar och rop) Wed 13 & Thu 14 Jun Dir: Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1972 90mins Swedish with subtitles Cast: Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann Whilst Agnes (Andersson) dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own traumas that they can’t offer her support. Maria (Ullmann) is wracked with guilt at her husband’s suicide, whilst Karin (Thulin), filled with self-loathing, regards her dying sister with revulsion. It is only Anna (Sylwan), the deeply religious maid who lost her young child, who seems able to offer Agnes empathy in Bergman’s most resonant examination of the human soul.
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Fri 15 – Sun 17 & Wed 20 Jun Dir: Nora Twomey Ireland/Canada/Luxembourg 2017 93mins Cast: Saara Chaudry, Ali Badshah
Fri 15 – Thu 21 Jun Dir: Ron Howard USA 2018 Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, Joonas Suotamo
Nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar, The Breadwinner tells the story of 11-year-old Parvana (Chaudry), living under Taliban rule in Afghanistan in 2001. After the wrongful arrest of her father (Badshah), Parvana dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Drawing strength from the fantastical stories she invents, Parvana embarks on an epic quest to reunite her family.
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo (Ehrenreich) meets his mighty future co-pilot Chewbacca (Suotamo) and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian (Glover).
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties 15 Sat 16, Mon 18 & Tue 19 Jun Dir: John Cameron Mitchell UK/USA 2018 103mins Cast: Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Alex Sharp Croydon, 1977. While in search of an after-party, the gawky, spiky haired Enn (Sharp) blunders into an intergalactic alien base, mistaking it for a house party. Inside he meets Zan (Fanning), a rebellious young alien who longs to be more than just a tourist on Earth and sees Enn as her ticket out of the cult. Based on Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed short story, How to Talk to Girls at Parties is a weird and wonderful tale about the birth of punk and the exuberance of first love.
Smiles of a Summer Night 12A (Sommarnattens leende) Wed 20 & Thu 21 Jun Dir: Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1955 106mins Swedish with subtitles Cast: Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Gunnar Björnstrand Bergman’s Cannes prize-winning romantic comedy follows Fredrik Egerman (Björnstrand) and his young wife, Anne (Jacobsson), at a country house in 1900. When Frederik’s old flame, Desiree (Dahlbeck), makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat, four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways. “THIS IS AN INTRICATE, LYRICAL AND SURPRISINGLY BAWDY STUDY OF ELEGANT CARNALITY” Empire
My Friend Dahmer TBC Fri 22 – Mon 25 Jun Dir: Marc Meyers USA 2017 Cast: Ross Lynch, Alex Wolff Jeffrey Dahmer, one of America’s most infamous serial killers, murdered 17 men and boys in the Midwest United States between 1978 and 1991. This is the story before that story. Jeff Dahmer (Lynch) is an awkward teenager struggling to make it through high school with a family life in ruins; he collects roadkill, fixates on a neighbourhood jogger and tries to cope with his neurotic parents. When he begins to act out at school his antics win over a group of band-nerds who form ‘The Dahmer Fan Club.’ However, as graduation approaches, Jeff spirals further out of control and into depravity.
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The Happy Prince TBC Fri 22 – Thu 28 Jun Dir: Rupert Everett UK 2018 Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Colin Morgan Rupert Everett transforms himself into Oscar Wilde in The Happy Prince, the untold story of the last days of his life. Wilde ended his days lost in a miasma of bankruptcy, public infamy and agony, never returning to Britain after his release from Reading Gaol for ‘gross indecency’, instead exiled to the continent. Everett’s directorial debut is a deeply felt, tremendously acted tribute to courage that tracks Wilde’s brief, yet tempestuous, reunion with Bosie (Morgan) and his final demise in Naples and Paris.
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Isle of Dogs PG Tue 26 – Thu 28 Jun Dir: Wes Anderson USA 2018 101mins Cast: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson The latest film from idiosyncratic directorial genius, Wes Anderson, Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, the 12-year-old ward of corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in search of his guard dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture. “THIS HUGELY ENJOYABLE PACKAGE SHOWS AN INDEFATIGABLY FERTILE IMAGINATION LETTING RIP IN INIMITABLE STYLE”
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Double Lover TBC (L’Amant Double) Tue 26 & Thu 28 Jun Dir: François Ozon France/Belgium 2017 French with subtitles Cast: Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset Chloé (Vacth) is a beautiful doe eyed young woman, disillusioned with the modelling world in which she once earned her living. When she starts suffering from stomach pains - which she is told are psychosomatic - she visits a shrink, the handsome bespectacled Paul Meyer (Renier). The instant spark between the pair is undeniable; they fall in love and move in together but she soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity. Double Lover
The Boy Downstairs TBC Fri 29 Jun – Mon 2 Jul Dir: Sophie Brooks USA 2017 91mins Cast: Zosia Mamet, Matthew Shear, Deirdre O’Connell Diana (Mamet) moves back to New York City after a few years abroad and finds the perfect Brooklyn apartment for a fresh start. During the first night in her new home, she discovers that her ex-boyfriend Ben (Shear) lives in the apartment below hers. After an awkward reunion, old wounds are opened and Diana and Ben are forced to confront the true nature of their feelings. “AN ASSURED, LAID-BACK DEBUT”
The Hollywood Reporter
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The Boy Downstairs
Book Club TBC Fri 29 Jun – Thu 5 Jul Dir: Bill Holderman USA 2018 Cast: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen Diane (Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage, Vivian (Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached, Sharon (Bergen) is still working through her decades-old divorce, and Carol’s (Steenburgen) marriage is in a slump after 35 years. The lives of these four lifelong friends are turned upside down when they start reading the infamous 50 Shades of Grey, catapulting them into a series of outrageous life choices.
All the Wild Horses TBC Sat 30 Jun & Tue 3 Jul Dir: Ivo Marloh Mongolia/South Africa/UK/USA/ Ireland 2017 Cast: George Azarias, Andrew Challen, Erik Cooper Following five international riders from the USA, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom, this nail-biting documentary explores the longest and toughest horse race on the planet, the Mongol Derby horse race in Mongolia. A recreation of Genghis Khan’s postal system, this epic multi-stage, multi-horse race takes place over 1000 kilometres of Mongolian steppe where the riders are out on their own, spending the nights out in the wild or with nomad families along the way.
My Golden Days 15 (Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse) Wed 4 & Thu 5 Jul Dir: Arnaud Desplechin France 2015 123mins French with subtitles Cast: Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Mathieu Amalric A middle-aged anthropologist (Amalric) thinks back on his adolescent years whilst preparing to leave Tajikistan. His childhood, his mother’s madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life. “NOTHING GETS LOST IN TRANSLATION AS THIS COMING-OF-AGE TALE BRIMS OVER WITH HUMOR, HEARTBREAK AND RAVISHING ROMANCE” Rolling Stone
All the Wild Horses Book Club
All the Wild Horses
My Golden Days
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SATURDAY FAMILY SAVERS £5.50 (Adults) £3.50 (Children)
Paddington 2 PG Sat 12 May 1.30pm Dir: Paul King UK 2017 103mins When an antique book is stolen, it is up to Paddington and the Browns to unmask the thief.
The Red Turtle PG (La Tortue Rouge) Sat 2 Jun 1.30pm Dir: Michaël Dudok de Wit France/Belgium/Japan 2016 79mins
Paddington 2
The Red Turtle
Shipwrecked on a beautiful island, a stranded man battles for his life. He builds a raft and takes to the sea, only to have a mysterious creature force him back to the shore.
David Walliams Double Bill
Mr. Stink & Gangsta Granny PG Sat 16 Jun 1.30pm Dir: Declan Lowrey, Matt Lipsey UK 2012/2013 120mins Chloe (Nell Tiger Free) makes friends with the local tramp, Mr. Stink, (Hugh Bonneville) and decides to hide him in the garden shed. In Gangsta Granny, Ben (Reece Buttery) sets out on an adventure with his ex-jewel thief gran (Julia McKenzie) to steal the crown jewels. Gangsta Granny
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Family Day The Great Outdoors Sun 10 Jun 10am – 5pm Family Day is back and we invite you to explore The Great Outdoors! Grab a map and travel north, south, east and west, discovering free games, activities and events as you go. Scale mountains to giddy heights, take a dip in our blue lagoon and venture into our woodland forest. Enjoy a range of outdoor pursuits, including archery, cricket and tennis, or get creative in our arts and crafts workshops – you’ll be busy all day! There are plenty of opportunities for weary explorers to relax and take a break: bring supplies to enjoy in our picnic areas, or sample some delicious treats from our market stalls. If you are looking for more family fun, you can watch free adventure-filled films in our cinema, or enjoy the magic of The Carnival of the Animals in our theatre (advance booking recommended). Check our website for regular updates: warwickfamilydays.co.uk
LIVE DIGITAL SCREENINGS
NT Live
Macbeth
Shakespeare Thu 10 May 7pm 2hrs 30mins £18, £11 (restricted view) Directed by Rufus Norris
Macbeth
The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness.
An American in Paris Wed 16 May 6pm 2hrs 30mins £12.50, £10 (restricted view) When American GI, Jerry Mulligan, has a chance encounter with beautiful young dancer, Lise, the streets of Paris become the backdrop to a sensuous, modern romance in the aftermath of war. This breathtakingly beautiful Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the Oscar-winning MGM film, features the gorgeous music of George and Ira Gershwin and show-stopping choreography.
An American in Paris
Oscar Wilde Season Live (Encore Screening)
An Ideal Husband Wilde Sat 9 Jun 2pm 2hrs 45mins £18, £11 (restricted view) As an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern’s smooth ascent to the top seems assured until Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning proof of his previous financial chicanery. 21 An Ideal Husband
QUICK GUIDE FILMS A–Z 120 Beats per Minute p05 A Fantastic Woman p03 All the Wild Horses p19 Beast p06 Book Club p19 Coco p04 Cries and Whispers p15 Custody p08 Double Lover p18 Edie p13 Finding Your Feet p02 Funny Cow p08 Ghost Stories p04 Have A Nice Day p06 How to Talk to Girls at Parties p16 I Kill Giants p09 If… p12 Isle of Dogs p17 Jeune Femme p14 Journeyman p14 Lady Bird p06 Lean on Pete p10 Let the Sunshine In p07 Look Back in Anger p05 Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House p03 Mary and the Witch’s Flower p09 Memories of Underdevelopment p14 Mr. Stink & Gangsta Granny p20 My Friend Dahmer p16 My Golden Days p19 On Chesil Beach p11 Paddington 2 p20 Psycho Vertical & The Bothy Project p07 Redoutable p12 Smiles of a Summer Night p16 Solo: A Star Wars Story p15 Summer with Monika p08 That Good Night p09 The Big Flame p13 The Boy Downstairs p18 The Breadwinner p15 The Dam Busters at 75: Live from the Royal Albert Hall p05 The Greatest Showman Sing-A-Long p04 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society p03 The Happy Prince p17 The Leisure Seeker p07 The Red Turtle p20 The Seventh Seal p12 The Sound of Music p13 Tully p11 Western p10 Wild Strawberries p10 22
MAY Tue 1 Wed 2 Thu 3 Fri 4 Sat 5 Sun 6 Mon 7 Tue 8 Wed 9 Thu 10 Fri 11 Sat 12 Sun 13 Mon 14 Tue 15 Wed 16 Thu 17 Fri 18 Sat 19 Sun 20 Mon 21
Finding Your Feet 3.45pm A Fantastic Woman S 6.10pm Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House 8.30pm A Fantastic Woman S 4pm Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House 6.15pm A Fantastic Woman S 8.30pm Finding Your Feet 3.45pm A Fantastic Woman S PSD 6.10pm Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House 8.30pm The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 6pm Ghost Stories 8.40pm Coco 1.30pm The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 3.30pm The Greatest Showman Sing-A-Long 6.10pm Ghost Stories 8.30pm Coco 1.30pm The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4pm Ghost Stories 7.30pm Coco 1.30pm The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society S/HOH 4pm Ghost Stories 7.30pm The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 3.45pm Look Back in Anger 6.20pm 120 Beats per Minute S 8.30pm Look Back in Anger 3.45pm 120 Beats per Minute S 6pm The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 8.45pm The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4pm NT LIVE: Macbeth 7pm The Dam Busters at 75: Live from the Royal Albert Hall 7.15pm Paddington 2 1.30pm Beast 4pm Lady Bird 6.20pm Beast 8.30pm Lady Bird 4pm Beast 7.30pm Lady Bird 6.20pm Beast 8.30pm Lady Bird 4pm Have A Nice Day S 6.30pm Beast 8.30pm Beast 3.45pm An American in Paris 6pm Have A Nice Day S 8.50pm Lady Bird 4pm Psycho Vertical & The Bothy Project 6.30pm Have A Nice Day S 8.30pm The Leisure Seeker 6.05pm Let the Sunshine In S 8.30pm The Leisure Seeker 3.45pm Funny Cow 6.15pm Let the Sunshine In S 8.30pm Let the Sunshine In S 4pm The Leisure Seeker 7.30pm The Leisure Seeker 6.05pm
S Subtitled. S/HOH Subtitled for hard of hearing. PSD Post-show discussion.
Summer with Monika S 8.30pm Memories of Underdevelopment S 6.20pm The Leisure Seeker 3.45pm Jeune Femme S 8.30pm Custody S 6.20pm Wed 13 The Sound of Music 3pm Funny Cow 8.30pm Cries and Whispers S 6.20pm Funny Cow 4pm Journeyman 8.30pm The Leisure Seeker 6.05pm Thu 14 Edie 4pm Custody S 8.30pm Journeyman 6.20pm The Leisure Seeker 3.45pm Cries and Whispers S 8.30pm Summer with Monika S 6.20pm Fri 15 The Breadwinner 6.20pm Funny Cow 8.30pm Solo: A Star Wars Story 8.30pm I Kill Giants 6.10pm Sat 16 Mr. Stink & Gangsta Granny 1.30pm That Good Night 8.30pm The Breadwinner 4pm Mary and the Witch’s Flower 1.30pm How to Talk to Girls at Parties 6pm I Kill Giants 6.10pm Solo: A Star Wars Story 8.15pm That Good Night 8.30pm Sun 17 The Breadwinner 4pm Mary and the Witch’s Flower 1.30pm Solo: A Star Wars Story 7.30pm I Kill Giants 4pm Mon 18 Solo: A Star Wars Story S/HOH 6pm That Good Night 7.45pm How to Talk to Girls at Parties 8.50pm Mary and the Witch’s Flower S 1.30pm Tue 19 Solo: A Star Wars Story 3.15pm That Good Night S/HOH 4pm How to Talk to Girls at Parties 6.15pm Western S 7.30pm Solo: A Star Wars Story 8.30pm I Kill Giants 4pm Wed 20 The Breadwinner 4pm Western S 6.10pm Solo: A Star Wars Story 6pm Lean on Pete 8.30pm Smiles of a Summer Night S 8.50pm That Good Night 4pm Thu 21 Solo: A Star Wars Story 3.15pm Lean on Pete 6.05pm Smiles of a Summer Night S 6.10pm Wild Strawberries S 8.40pm Solo: A Star Wars Story 8.30pm That Good Night 4pm Fri 22 My Friend Dahmer 6.10pm Wild Strawberries S 6.20pm The Happy Prince 8.30pm Lean on Pete 8.30pm Sat 23 The Happy Prince 4pm The Happy Prince 6.15pm JUNE My Friend Dahmer 8.30pm Sun 24 My Friend Dahmer 4pm Fri 1 On Chesil Beach 6.05pm The Happy Prince 7.30pm Tully 8.30pm Mon 25 The Happy Prince S/HOH BACKCHAT 6.15pm Sat 2 The Red Turtle 1.30pm My Friend Dahmer 8.30pm On Chesil Beach 3.45pm Tue 26 Isle of Dogs 4pm Tully 6.20pm Double Lover S 6.10pm On Chesil Beach 8.30pm The Happy Prince 8.30pm Sun 3 The Seventh Seal S 4pm Wed 27 The Happy Prince 4pm On Chesil Beach 7.30pm Isle of Dogs 6.15pm Mon 4 On Chesil Beach S/HOH 6.05pm The Happy Prince 8.30pm Tully 8.30pm Thu 28 Isle of Dogs 4pm Tue 5 On Chesil Beach 3.45pm The Happy Prince 6.15pm Tully 6.20pm Double Lover S 8.30pm On Chesil Beach 8.30pm Fri 29 Book Club 6.15pm Wed 6 The Seventh Seal S 4pm The Boy Downstairs 8.30pm On Chesil Beach 6.05pm Sat 30 All the Wild Horses 4pm Redoutable S 8.30pm Book Club 6.15pm Thu 7 On Chesil Beach 3.45pm The Boy Downstairs 8.30pm Redoutable S 6.15pm On Chesil Beach 8.30pm COMING SOON JULY Fri 8 Edie 6.15pm If… 8.30pm Sun 1 The Boy Downstairs 4pm Sat 9 OSCAR WILDE SEASON LIVE: An Ideal Husband 2pm Book Club 7.30pm Edie 6.15pm Mon 2 Book Club S/HOH 6.15pm The Big Flame 8.30pm The Boy Downstairs 8.30pm Sun 10 The Sound of Music 4pm Tue 3 All the Wild Horses 6.30pm On Chesil Beach 7.30pm Book Club 8.30pm Mon 11 Jeune Femme S 6.20pm Wed 4 My Golden Days S 6pm Edie 8.30pm Book Club 8.40pm Tue 12 Edie 4pm Thu 5 Book Club 6.15pm My Golden Days S 8.30pm Tue 22 Wed 23 Thu 24 Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon 28 Tue 29 Wed 30 Thu 31
BACKCHAT A chance to talk about what you have see with Julia Jones in a series of informal discussions on key new films.
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WARWICK 20:20 PROJECT warwickartscentre.co.uk box office 024 7652 4524 Box Office Opening Times Mon to Sat: 10am – 9pm Sun: 2pm – 8pm
Standard Ticket Prices Unless otherwise stated Full price: £9 Concessions: £7.50 (Over 60s in full time retirement, recipients of job seekers allowance, Passport to Leisure holders)
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Warwick Arts Centre 20:20 is a 3 year project to refresh, renew and redevelop our building to create modern, updated, larger spaces where we can continue our distinctive, creative, artistic and cultural programme. As we embark on Stage 2 of the project this summer, our cinema will be closing for two years in order to commence the new build. We will be building three new cinemas, moving the Mead Gallery to the ground floor; and creating a spacious new-look foyer and restaurant, offering a more welcoming and comfortable environment for our visitors. Warwick Arts Centre will be open throughout – please follow updates on our website regarding digital screenings, outdoor exhibitions and other events happening during the project. We apologise for this disruption – but please bear with us because on re-opening in Autumn 2020 our building and facilities will be fit for the 21st century. Warwick Arts Centre will be fully accessible, environmentally sustainable and a centre for world class cinema, live event transmission, contemporary exhibitions, live performances and much more. We look forward to welcoming you.
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Cover image: On Chesil Beach p11