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Mon 9 February
at 7.30pm
Le Corbeau (The Raven) (PG)
Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot. France 1943 1hr 33mins. (Subtitled)
Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Larquey, Micheline Francey
The inhabitants of a provincial town are turned against one another
by the actions of an anonymous poison-pen letter writer. An extraordinarily
misanthropic vision from the director of Les Diaboliques and The
Wages of Fear.
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Tues 10 February
at 7.30pm
Nowhere in Africa (15)
Dir: Caroline Link. Germany 2001 2hrs 20mins. (Subtitled)
Andrew Sachs, Diane Keen, Juliane Koehler
Europe, 1938. As the storm clouds gather, a German-Jewish family
escape to Kenya. As time passes, they struggle to overcome their
sense of loss and come to love their new home. Winner of last year’s
Best Foreign Language film Oscar.
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Wed 11 February
at 7.30pm
L’Homme du train (The Man on the Train) (12A)
Dir: Patrice Leconte. France 2001 1hr 30mins. (Subtitled)
Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday
The chance meeting of a retired schoolteacher (Jean Rochefort) and
a mysterious gangster (French rock icon Johnny Hallyday) leads to
an unlikely friendship. A funny and literate tale of two men d’un
certain age.
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Thurs 12
February at 7.30pm
Frida (15)
Dir: Julie Taymor USA 2003 2hrs 2mins.
Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Mia Maestro, Roger Rees
From her complex relationship with her husband-mentor Diego Rivera
and her affair with Trotsky to her romantic involvement with other
women, this stunningly-shot portrait of a political, artistic and
sexual revolutionary carried off the 2003 Oscar for Best Art Direction.
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