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THURSDAY 14 NOVEMBER
UK 94 mins + Q&A 2019
Second Chance Friday 15 Nov | 13:30 | Triskel
THE STREET
Zed Nelson
18:30 | GATE DOCUMENTARY
Hoxton Street has long been a stronghold of working-class East London — a community lined with family-run establishments, many of which have been in existence for over a century. However, a wave of gentrification has quickly turned the area into a middle-class sanctuary, with local businesses closing and becoming generic hipster haunts, inciting anger in local residents, adding to the class gap, and pushing populist viewpoints to the fore. An honest and realistic portrait of 21st-century capitalism and austerity, The Street directly addresses
our preoccupation with Brexit and relates to the concurrent concerns about gentrification in our own country. RG
Official Selection, BFI London Film Festival, 2019
There will be a post-screening Q&A with the director
A HIDDEN LIFE
Terrence Malick
19:30 | GATE
A virtuous voice-over rages against God, sweeping shots depict a vivid country idyll and illustrate man’s lowly place in nature, and quick edits measure out a harrowing story in precious, incidental moments. Based on real events, Terrence Malick’s latest epic deploys a trademark style and probes familiar themes of faith and conscience in eulogising the barely acknowledged heroism of Franz
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USA, Germany 173 mins 2019
Photo: © 20th Century Fox
NARRATIVE
Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer from the bucolic village
of St Radegund, a family man and devout Christian who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. A Hidden Life is a work of substance and significance from one of the world’s greatest living filmmakers. MH
Official Selection, Competition, Cannes Film Festival, 2019
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