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LADY CHATTERLEY
I KNEW HER WELL
Francois Perier, Mario Adorf
A single woman (Milo) grows bored
of her affair with a married trucker
and writes to a singles column. She
meets a bookstore clerk, but during
their date he drinks and turns into a
drunken slob. She is mortified but
forgives him and they have sex. In
the morning they resume their
former lives. Will they meet again?
THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER
Signore & Signore: Leading Ladies
of Italian Cinema Single Bill –
Sophia Loren
TWO WOMEN 18 8.45PM
(La Ciociara)
(Vittorio de Sica, Italy, 1960) 110m
subtitles. With Sophia Loren, Jean-
Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown
Cesira (Loren) and Rosetta (Brown),
her devoutly religious teenage
daughter, flee south as the
Germans prepare to invade Rome.
For months, the two women await
the arrival of the Allied forces. But
the arrival of the liberation army
brings unexpected tragedy.
FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER
Single Bill
LADY
CHATTERLEY 18 7.30PM
(Pascale Ferran, France, 2007) 168m
subtitles. With Marina Hands, Jean-
Louis Coulloc’h, Hippolyte Girodot
A French adaptation of D.H.
Lawrence’s erotic novel, “John
Thomas and Lady Jane”. On the
Chatterley country estate Constance
whiles away her days trapped by her
marriage and sense of duty. Things
change when she meets Parkin, the
estate’s gamekeeper.
SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER
Afternoon and Evening - Single Bill
LADY CHATTERLEY 18
3.00PM AND 7.30PM
(Pascale Ferran, France, 2007) 168m
subtitles. With Marina Hands, Jean-
Louis Coulloc’h, Hippolyte Girodot
See Friday 19 October for
synopsis.
SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER
Afternoon – Double Bill
SWEET SMELL OF
SUCCESS PG 2.00PM
(Alexander Mackendrick, USA, 1957)
96m. With Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis
“A crooked press agent helps a
megalomania New York columnist
break up his sister’s marriage.
Moody, brilliant, Wellesian
melodrama put together with great
artificial style.” – HALLIWELL’S
FILM GUIDE
PLUS
CITIZEN KANE PG 4.00PM
(Orson Welles, USA, 1941) 119m
A meditation on power. Welles’
ground-breaking studio film is a
recreation of the activities of a
press baron and a search for the
clues to his life and actions.
Fresher than ever on the big screen!
SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER
Evening – Ingmar Bergman Tribute
Double Bill
PERSONA 15 7.00PM
(Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1966)
81m subtitles. Wth Liv Ullmann, Bibi
Andersson
The film starts with a stunning precredits
sequence and explores the
tense, competitive relationship
between a nurse and her patient
who has suddenly stopped speaking
for no apparent reason.
PLUS
THE SEVENTH SEAL
PG 8.40PM
(Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1957)
96m subtitles. With Gunnar
Bjornstrand, Bengt Ekerot
“A man seeks answers about life,
death and the existence of God as
he plays chess against the Grim
Reaper during the Black Plague.
It remains not only highly
impressive but thought-provoking,
relevant and intensely moving in
our present, nervous times.” –
WALLY HAMMOND, TIME OUT
MONDAY 22 OCTOBER
Pedro Almodovar Double Bill
ALL ABOUT
MY MOTHER 18 6.30PM
(Pedro Almodovar, Spain, 1999)
101m subtitles
Almodovar’s Foreign Language
Oscar winner is the story of a
woman, Manuela, whose son is run
over by a car. She returns to
Barcelona to search for her son’s lost
father. An extravagant saga of
motherly love.
PLUS
TALK TO HER 15 8.30PM
(Hable con Ella)
(Pedro Almodovar, Spain, 2002)
112m subtitles
The story of two men who fall in love
with two different women but find
themselves in the same situation.
This amazing plot somehow works
by making you believe in its world of
“impossible love”.
TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER
Double Bill
MY BEST
FRIEND 12A 6.30PM
(Mon Meilleur Ami)
(Patrice Leconte, France, 2006) 94m
subtitles. With Daniel Autueil, Julie
Gayet, Dany Boon
Catherine (Gayet) refuses to believe
that her business partner, the
unlikeable Francois (Autueil) has a
best friend, so she challenges him
to an introduction. Scrambling to
find someone willing to pose as his
best pal he enlists the services of a
charming taxi driver.
PLUS
LA VIE
EN ROSE 12A 8.25PM
(Olivier Dahan, France, 2007) 140m
subtitles. With Marion Cotillard,
Gerard Departieu, Emmanuelle
Seigner
A biopic on the life and career of
Edith Piaf which focuses on Piaf’s
relationships with some of the most
eccentric personalities of her
generation, including Marlene
Dietrich and Yves Montand.
WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER
Signore & Signore: Leading Ladies
of Italian Cinema Single Bill –
Giulietta Masina
GIULIETTA OF
THE SPIRITS 15 6.30PM
(Giulietta degli spiriti)
(Federico Fellini, Italy, 1965) 129m
subtitles. With Giulietta Masina,
Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu
Juliet seems to have it all: a
beautiful villa, the latest designer
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