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FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER
JOJO RABBIT
Taika Waititi
21:00 | EVERYMAN
As the last days of World War II play out, Jojo Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis) is a bright, awkward ten-year-old with a Hitler Youth uniform and Der Führer (as envisioned with relish by director Taika Waititi) as his imaginary best friend. Having bought into Nazi notions, he’s affectionately teased by his doting mother (Scarlett Johansson) and further challenged when he finds Jewish teenager Elsa
USA 108 mins 2019
Photo: © 20th Century Fox
NARRATIVE
(Thomasin McKenzie) has been squirreled away in his attic. Featuring a stellar cast, Waititi’s wild, whip-smart comedy is a riot, a film packed with laughs and charm while it waves two fingers at hateful ideologues and damns the violence they inspire. MH
Winner, People’s Choice Award, Toronto International Film Festival, 2019
China, France
2019
Photo: © Image X Productions
100 mins Subtitled
TO LIVE TO SING
(HUO ZHE CHANG ZHE)
Johnny Ma
21:00 | GATE NARRATIVE
Zhao Li is the hard-headed manager of a small Sichuan opera troupe living together in a small theatre in a run-down area of Chengdu, China. On hearing that the theatre is due for demolition, Zhao Li frantically searches for a new place to perform whilst hiding the
news from her troupe for fear of them disbanding. As things become fraught, Zhao Li’s real life and the opera begin to merge. Shining a spotlight on how China’s urban regeneration affects tradition and community, whilst maintaining a wonderful humour, To Live To Sing is a delight from start to finish. SE
Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival, 2019
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