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Spring 2010.                               Film Suppers in Cropredy Village Hall at 7.00pm.

 

Postponed from Sunday 10 January - Now to be shown on Sunday 21 March at 3.00pm

The Lives of Others (DE) has featured in every recently published list of top films of the decade. Written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmark, it's described as an "emotional, intellectual and immeasurably compelling drama about a Cold War surveillance operator who warms to the radical theatre director on whom he's spying" and: "A mercilessly efficient account of Stasi surveillance in mid--1980s East Germany is anchored by a haunting performance from Ulrich Muhe, who died from cancer just after the film's release in 2006."

In German, with English sub-titles. Running time 137 minutes. Certificate 15.

All tickets are £5. to include tea or coffee. BOOKINGS NOW BEING TAKEN on 01295 758448 and at The Perfect Present.

All the films have English sub-titles

 

Saturday 27 March - The Quiet American

Set in the 1950's in Saigon, on one level this is a story about a love triangle between an experienced British journalist (Caine), a young American idealist and a Vietnamese woman. At the same time it is about the political turmoil and growing American involvement that led to war, with startling revelations and murder.

15. Drama/Thriller/Romance/War. Director: Phillip Noyce. Writer: Graham Greene. Screenplay: Christopher Hampton.

Cast: Michael Caine, Brendon Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Robert Stanton.    2002 - 101 minutes.

 

 

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