Wednesday 16th March 2022
Hope Gap
Made in 2019. Director: William Nicholson; UK; 100 mins.
Bill Nighy and Annette Bening play a seemingly content middle-aged couple with a nice house, financial security and good health and then just as they are about to celebrate another wedding anniversary everything falls apart. An emotionally pitch perfect portrait of a marriage with superb acting from both central players ably supported by Josh O’Connor as their go-between son.
Please note, there will be only one showing of this film at 7.00pm followed by the AGM.
Wednesday 2nd March 2022
Capernaum
Made in 2018. Director: Nadine Labaki; Lebanon; 120 mins; subtitles.
Zain is a likeable and resourceful 12 year old boy, abandoned by his family and living on the streets of Beirut. We follow his adventures as he struggles to survive and negotiate the adult world and some of the unscrupulous individuals he encounters. The young Syrian actor, himself a refugee, steals the show.