Category: LONDON

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (subtitled)

12/1/2020

"You're better suited for making love than for making war"

Venue: Cine Lumiere, 17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT
Date: Sunday 12 January, 2.00pm (box office open at 1.00pm)

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"A brilliant surrealistic joke about a group of friends whose attempts to dine are continually thwarted."

Cost: £9 / £8

Film preceded by an introduction and followed by a discussion group

Duration: 102 minutes

Certificate: 15

Year: 1972

Director: Luis Bunuel

Cast: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur

Synopsis: A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centred around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.

THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY DRINKER (SUBTITLED)

16/12/2019

"Tullio Kezich, who collaborated with Olmi on the script, was a famous Italian film critic and also the most eminent biographer of Fellini"

Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX
Date: Monday 16 December, 7pm (box office and bar open at 6pm)

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"Ermanno Olmi films simply and affectingly to give a sweet and faithful rendition of the Austrian novelist Joseph Roth’s 1939 novella"

The Salon Italia event is a collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute

Cost: FREE

Film preceded by an introduction and followed by a discussion group

Duration: 128 minutes

Certificate: 15

Year: 1988

Director: Ermanno Olmi

Cast: Rutger Hauer

Synopsis: An alcoholic homeless man is given two hundred francs by a stranger, who requests that when he can he will return the money to Saint Therese in the cathedral.

silent night deadly night

12/12/2019

"Santa Claus will punish you!"

Venue: Genesis Cinema, 93-95 Mile End Road, London E1 4UJ
Date: Thursday 12 December, 6.30pm (box office open at 6.00pm)

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"A controversial Christmas slasher movie"

Cost: £9 / £8

Film preceded by an introduction and followed by a discussion group

Duration: 79 minutes

Certificate: 15

Year: 1984

Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr.

Cast: Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero

Synopsis: Little Billy witness his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18, and out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa, himself.

julien donkey-boy

28/11/2019

"I don't want a coward in the family"

Venue: Genesis Cinema, 93-95 Mile End Road, London E1 4UJ
Date: Thursday 28 November, 6.30pm (box office open at 6.00pm)

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"Korine confirms his reputation as one of today's most experimentally minded filmmakers"

Cost: £9 / £8

Film preceded by an introduction and followed by a discussion group

Duration: 94 minutes

Certificate: 15

Year: 1999

Director: Harmony Korine

Cast: Ewen Bremner, Brian Fisk, Chloe Sevigny

Synopsis: A portrait of the effects of schizophrenia on family life is the central focus.

padre padrone (subtitled)

25/11/2019

"Hands on your desks!"

Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX
Date: Monday 25 November, 7pm (box office and bar open at 6pm)

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"the beautifully made film offers a fascinating insight into rural Sardinian culture"

The Salon Italia event is a collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute

Cost: FREE

Film preceded by an introduction and followed by a discussion group

Duration: 114 minutes

Certificate: 15

Year: 1977

Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Cast: Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Marcella Michelangeli

Synopsis: The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father.