GILSLAND Bits & Pieces


South Tyne Cinema Circuit Programme

Season 4.

All showings begin at 7.30pm.

 

September 19th

Frida
Haltwhistle Comrades Club

A lively and dramatic emotive film about the life of artist Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) and her fiery relationship with Diego Riviera.
2002, Director Julie Taymor, Cert. 15, 123min.

 

October 10th

Passport to Pimlico
Henshaw First School

One of the archetypal Ealing Comedies about ordinary people in a small community to which extraordinary things happen.
1949, Director Henry Cornelius, Cert. U, 85min.

 

November 14th

Manon des Sources
Slaggyford Village Hall

A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her her father's land caused his death years earlier.
1987, Director Claude Berri, Cert. PG, 113min.

 

December 12th

Persepolis
Greenhead Village Hall

Poignant coming-of-age story of a young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. An emotionally powerful, dramatically enthralling autobiographical gem.
2007, Directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, Cert. 12, 95min.

 

January 19th

Delicatessen
Twice Brewed Inn

A black comedy set in the future centering on the tenants above a butcher's shop who always seem to have an endless supply of meat. An underground vegetarian movement takes on the cannibals.
1991, Directors Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Cert. 15, 99min.