Decemcer Film - Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) (12A)

Léa (Elsa Zylberstein) and Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) are sisters. The film begins with Léa, the younger sister by 15 years, picking Juliette up at the airport. We soon realise that the two sisters are almost complete strangers to each other. Juliette has just been released from prison after serving a long sentence.

A fine-tuned psychological insight, walking-on-eggs narrative finesse and a devastating, career-best performance by Kristin Scott Thomas make I’ve Loved You So Long a more than impressive achievement by debut director Philippe Claudel. This is a topof-the-range family melodrama sparingly told and austerely framed, Claudel’s tale of guilt, grief and redemption will have viewers thinking deep and long.

110 minutes, dir. Philippe Claudel,
released 2008.

December 5th at Broughton Hall. 7:45 pm

November Film - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Love, pain and the tricky workings of the human heart are all familiar subjects for Woody Allen but the move to Spain has put an extra spring in his step. Friends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) are Americans who have decided to spend the summer in Barcelona.

Cristina is a free spirit open to any possibility. Vicky is sensible, cautious and soon to be married. Then the duo meet Spanish painter Antonio (Javier Bardem),
a silver-tongued charmer who immediately invites them to join him for a romantic weekend. The temptation to accept is irresistible.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona is pure pleasure and finds Allen back on top form. It is smart, sunny, frisky and extremely funny.
96 minutes, dir. Woody Allen, released 2008.

Sunday 8th Nov. Broughton Hall

Visitors welcome. Doors open at 7:30pm - main film starts at 8:15pm.