Programme: 2010-2011
Screenings are on Monday or Tuesday evenings in the Cairn Hotel, Harrogate.
All screenings commence at 7.45pm.
Note that screenings on 6 November, 1 March and 12 April are on Tuesdays.
| Date / Location |
Title |
Origin |
| Monday, 27 Sept.
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Micmacs |
France |
| Monday, 11 Oct. |
Broken Embraces |
Spain |
| Monday, 25 Oct. |
The Last Station |
UK |
| Tuesday, 16 Nov. |
Un Prophète |
France |
| Monday, 6 Dec. |
Let the Right One In |
Sweden |
| Monday, 3 Jan. |
Four Lions |
UK |
| Monday, 17 Jan. |
Tales from the Golden Age |
Romania |
| Monday, 7 Feb. |
Revanche |
Austria |
| Monday, 21 Feb. |
After the Wedding |
Denmark |
| Tuesday 1 March |
A Serious Man |
USA |
| Monday 21 March |
Glorious 39 |
UK |
| Monday 4 April |
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life |
France |
| Tuesday, 12
April (AGM) |
Just Another Love Story |
Denmark |
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27 Sept. '10. Micmacs
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Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 105
mins, 2009, France.
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Starring: Dany Boon, André Dussollie.
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Avid movie-watcher and
video store clerk Bazil has had his life all but ruined by weapons of war. When chance reveals the two manufacturers
responsible for building the instruments of his destruction, Bazil enlists his
faithful gang of wacky friends to construct a complex scheme for revenge. For more information click here
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11 Oct. '10. Broken Embraces
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Director: Pedro Almodóvar, 127 mins, 2009, Spain.
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| Starring: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar. |
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A
man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years ago, he was in a brutal car
crash and lost not only his sight but Lena, the love of his life. He tells the moving and terrible story,
dominated by fatality, jealously, the abuse of power, treachery and a guilt
complex. For more information click here
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25 Oct. '10. The Last Station
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Director: Michael Hoffman, 112 mins, 2009, UK.
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Starring: Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer.
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Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses
every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was
the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and
property to the Russian people. For more information
click here
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16 Nov. '10.
Un Prophète
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Director: Jacques Audiard, 155 mins, 2009, France.
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Starring: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup.
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Condemned
to six years in a French prison, a young Arab man appears
younger and more fragile than the other convicts but is toughened up to rise
through the prison ranks. For more information click here
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6 Dec. '10.
Let the Right One In
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Director: Tomas Alfredson, 115 mins,
2008, Sweden.
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Starring: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson.
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Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl who
can't stand the sun or food and can only come into a room if invited. Eli gives Oskar the
strength to hit back and the outcome is both violent and highly romantic.
For more information
click here
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3 Jan. '11.
Four Lions
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Director: Christopher Morris, 101
mins, 2010, UK.
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Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Preeya Kalidas.
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Four
British jihadists push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, their competing
ideologies clash in a storm of razor-sharp verbal jousting and large-scale set
pieces. While terrorism is about
ideology, it can also be about idiots.
For more information click here
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17 Jan. '11. Tales from the Golden Age
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Directors: Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, 155 mins, 2009, Romania.
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Starring: Diana Cavallioti.
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An unconventional personal history of the "Golden
Age" of the last 15 years of Ceaucescu's regime in Romania, from the
perspective of ordinary people.
For more information
click here
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7 Feb. '11.
Revanche
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Director: Götz Spielmann, 121 mins, 2008, Austria.
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Starring: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko .
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Ex-con Alex plans one last robbery before fleeing to
the South with his girlfriend to start a new life. But something terrible happens and revenge
seems inevitable.
For more
information click here
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21
Feb. '11.
After the Wedding
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Director: Suzanne Bier, 120 mins,
2006, Denmark.
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Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Neeral Mulchandani.
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When
the orphanage Jacob runs in India is threatened with closure, he receives an
unusual offer. A Danish businessman,
Jorgen, offers him a donation of $4 million but with conditions. Jacob must come to Denmark and attend the
wedding of Jorgen's daughter. The
wedding puts Jacob in the dilemma of his life.
For more information click here
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1
March '11.
A Serious Man
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Director: Ethan Coen, 106 mins, 2009, USA.
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Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind.
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In 1967, midwestern Jewish professor Larry Gopnik is
a serious and a very put-upon family man. As he watches his life unravel, Larry seeks meaning
from the rabbis of his community. But
God moves in mysterious, and not always pleasant, ways.
For more information
click here
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21 March '11. Glorious 39
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Director: , Stephen Poliakoff, 129 mins, 2009, UK.
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Starring: Romola Garai, Bill Nighy .
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On the eve of World War Two, a traditional British
family is keen to uphold and preserve its very traditional way of life. But the eldest daughter stumbles upon dark
secrets, uncovering a mysterious tale.
For
more information click here
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4 April '11. The
First Day of the Rest of Your Life
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Director: Rémi Bezançon, 114 mins, 2008, France.
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Starring: Jacques Gamblin, Zabou Breitman.
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A sprawling, funny, moving drama centered around five
keys days in a family's life during a 12-year period.
For more information
click here
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12
April '11. (AGM) Just Another Love Story
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Director: , Ole Bornedal,100
mins, 2007, Denmark.
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Starring: Anders W. Berthelsen, Rebecka Hemse .
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Father of two Jonas has been worn down by life in the
suburbs. When a victim of a car crash
mistakes him for her boyfriend, things take a very dramatic turn as the line
between truth and deception is erased.
For
more information click here
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