The FeckenOdeon Cinema Society

Saturday, 27th March, 2010

7.30pm - The FeckenOdeon Cinema

OUR NEXT SHOW
“EASY VIRTUE”

2008 - Dir Stephan Elliot  (35mm print)

Temporary membership* for this show only is available for a fee of £4.50

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BBFC Classifications

U - Suitable for Universal Exhibition

PG - Parental Guidance. May contain scenes some parents may consider unsuitable for children

12 A - Children under the age of 12 may attend only if accompanied by an adult

15 - No-one under the age of 15 can be admitted

18 - No-one under the age of 18 can be admitted

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Programme compiled and performing licenses arranged with the help of

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When one’s son and heir marries one does expect him to do the decent thing and marry a good, solid and, above all. ENGLISH gel. One doesn't expect him to turn up out of the blue and announce that he’s tied the knot with a blonde (out of a bottle for sure) commoner with a penchant for fast cars (and that’s not all that’s fast about her) from AMERICA of all places...

“Easy Virtue” takes a somewhat subversive view of British country-house society between the wars. That era has been described as the most blessed in modern history (assuming you were Upstairs and not Down), but not here, where the Whittakers occupy a mouldering pile in the countryside. Lady Whittaker’s son strays off the straight and narrow and introduces a whirlwind into the staid and crusty aristocratic atmosphere. Jessica Biel stars as the whirlwind - directly at odds with matriarch Kirsten Scott Thomas. Colin Firth plays the long suffering father and Ben Barnes is the errant offspring.

There’s a whole army of British character actors in supporting roles - all familiar faces... but what are their names? Director Stephan Elliot’s last major project was “Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert” but he’s left the high camp at the oasis and concentrates on doing justice to a very funny script - and as that script is by Noel Coward the result is as lively a romp as you could wish for at the start of Spring.... except if you’re sensitive about dog sitting...

 

“WHITE MANE”
PG
(CRIN BLANC- Le cheval sauvage)

1953 - Dir.: Albert Lamourisse (35mm print)

A lesser-known short by the French master filmmaker Albert Lamorisse, whose “Red Balloon” is an all-time classic

In the south of France is a near-desert region called La Camargue. There lives White Mane, a magnificent stallion and the leader of a herd of wild horses too proud to let themselves be broken in by humans. Only Folco, a young fisherman, manages to tame him. A strong friendship grows between the boy and the horse, but they must elude the wrangler and his herdsmen to live freely.

This delightful film won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and has been fully restored and reprinted for this re-release.