The November film show on 7th November is in Broughton Village Hall, doors open at 7:30, with the main film starting at 8:15.Blending comedy and magical realism, Tricks (Sztuczki) is an engaging and warm-hearted film from Poland that follows the efforts of six-year-old Stefen to re-unite his family.
Elk , is a smart 18-year-old working in a bar in a small Polish town and hoping that her growing command of Italian will get her a secretarial job in a big new corporation. She is always having to look after her annoying kid brother Stefek, who has nothing to do in the summer holidays but lope around getting under everyone's feet, ruin Elka's chances of getting her job and hang around when her boyfriend shows up, hoping to take her off for a ride on his motorbike. When he's not just being irritating, Stefek likes hanging around the local train station, and it is here, where some business people take a cigarette break while changing trains, that Stefek spots the man who seems to him to be the father who deserted the family many years before. So he embarks on a series of "tricks" to get this man to stick around long enough to make contact with his mother, and these are either little challenges to fate, or wiles which might actually delay his departure.
Director Jakimowski taps into his own childhood for this engaging and warmly authentic slice of life drama which results in a beautiful little film that really gets under the skin.
Membership for the season, at £18, is still available and guests are welcome to pay on the door (£6).
