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Shoreline Films, World Cinema 2007-2008

Our good friends at Shoreline Films welcome you to the second programme of the exciting World Cinema season. There’ll be 16 screenings and special events held in South Cumbria during 2007/8 with samples of some of the best new films from around the world, each complemented by screenings of the Orange BAFTA Short Film nominees and winners alongside other selected quality shorts.

Short Film: To Have And To Hold – John Hardwick
Showing at The Roxy cinema, Ulverston, Thurs 20th December at 8:00pm
Entrance £3 for Film Club at the Roxy members, £5 non-members

Twenty years in the making, this stunning, sexy war film from the internationally acclaimed blockbuster director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Total Recall, Starship Troopers) is an epic and moving tale of great courage and fierce emotion – played out against the dying explosive months of WWII. September 1944 – Nazi occupied Holland, when her temporary safe house is destroyed by a bomb, the beautiful young Jewish singer Rachel joins fellow refugees in an attempt to reach safe Allied territory by boat. Intercepted by a Nazi patrol only Rachel escapes the tragedy. Desperate for revenge, she joins the Resistance where, assigned a new identity, she is charged with infiltrating the German Security Service by seducing senior officer Muntze, hurling her into a deadly web of double-dealing and betrayal.

“Magnificent”
Total Film

“Seductive and gripping”
Uncut
Golden Calf Film Awards – Best Film, Best Director & Best Actress ( Carice van Houten)
BAFTA – Nominated for Best Film Not In The English Language

Tell No One (15) 125 mins – Guillaume Canet
Showing at Gleaston Village Hall Fri 21st December at 8:00pm
Entrance £2

This French thriller is a slick, cinematic treat. When a serial killer is caught he confesses to eight murders, but denies killing Margot. The police believe that he is responsible and therefore close the case. Margot’s widowed husband, Alex, finds it difficult to cope; his job as a doctor helps him to escape during the day, but at night he is left to ponder on his wife’s mysterious death. His life is once again turned upside down when two more women’s’ bodies are found and Alex is sent an anonymous email with a link to a video-surveillance web-cam and a time at which to watch it… Instead of being able to let go of the past, he is forced to revisit it.

“A gripping thriller, this deserves to cross over from the subtitled bracket into mainstream cinema.”
Empire Magazine

“…retains all the slick dynamism and tension of a classic Hollywood thriller without ever seeming anything but French”
Channel 4 Film

Short Film: The Eskimo And The Wolf – Jonathan Ley
Showing at Forum Twenty Eight, Barrow, Tues 22nd January at 8:00pm
Entrance £2.50

See above for details on synopses, reviews and awards.

The Night of the Sunflowers (15) 119 min – Jorge S ánchez-Cabezudo’s
Showing at The Roxy Cinema, Ulverston, Thurs 24 th January at 8:00pm
Entrance £3 for Film Club at the Roxy members, £5 non-members

The body of a teenage girl is discovered in a field of sunflowers. At the same time a travelling salesman watches the events unfold on television, whilst in the small village of Angosto the discovery of a prehistoric cave brings excitement and the arrival of an experienced caver, his young fiancé and his assistant. The town police chief plans his retirement, while his deputy dreams of escaping the boredom of his marriage and his job. Through a series of shocking events, their lives become entangled in a web of violence, deceit and murder. Hailed by critics and audiences alike, The Night of the Sunflowers is the most acclaimed thriller of the year.

“This compelling Spanish noir… satisfyingly intricate and sinister”
Empire Magazine

“A gripping assured debut…the actors are superb”
Variety
Goya Award – Nominations for Best New Director & Original Screenplay
Miami International Film Festival Audience Award – Best Dramatic Feature

Posted by Emma Jones on 13th December 2007