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Rook Lane Films
Monthly 2008
Doors open 6.30pm
Film Starts 7.30pm
A chance to see a personally curated selection of wonderful films from the British Film Institute. Come along from 6.30 p.m. onwards for some refreshment in the café before the film starts at 7.30. Likewise you are invited to linger for some post-screening deconstruction over a cup of tea after the film. Admission £6 on the door.
For further details, please telephone 01373 464262.
Schedule
Sunday, 10th February
SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY
dir. Ken Hannam, Australia 1975 (94 mins)
1955, a remote sheep station in the Australian outback; a group of sheep shearers, miles from home, cope with the rigours of the job as best they can.
Sunday, 2nd March
ASPERN
dir. Eduardo de Gregorio, Portugal 1985 (96 mins)
Adaptation of Henry James’ literary cliffhanger The Aspern Papers, transposed from 19th century Venice to 20th century Lisbon.
Sunday, 6th April
OHAYO (GOOD MORNING)
dir. Yasujiro Ozu, Japan 1959 (94 mins)
In deepest suburban Tokyo, a family is split by a simple but seemingly insoluble domestic quandary; the ensuing crisis and its repercussions are at the centre of this exemplary “quiet” comedy.
Sunday, 4th May
EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
dir James Scott, UK 1983 (82 mins)
The life story of painter William Scott, from childhood poverty on Clydeside to recognition as Royal Academician, told by his son, painter and sculptor James Scott.
Sunday, 1st June
A NEST OF GENTLEFOLK
dir Andrei Konchalovsky, Russia 1969 (111 mins)
Based on Turgenev’s story about a young man’s return to his closed-up family home and the echoes he finds therein.
Admission
Doors open 6.30pm; Film Starts 7.30pm.
Admission £6 on the door.
