India/UK/US 2006 (UK release 2008) l 1hr 57min Dir: Tarsem Singh l Cast: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru

Language: English l Type: Story-telling Drama Awards: 3 wins, 3 nominations

The Fall

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, a near-paralysed stuntman from early Hollywood days begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastical story he invents about six mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur.

Bursting with imagery, this bold and visually stunning work, filmed as a labour of love over four years in locations across the world, results in a dazzling and memorable piece of wizardry.

“A realm of endless labyrinths, lush forests and tangled cities, it’s a genuinely dream-like film that’s enhanced by the deliberately silent movie-like storytelling”
Saxon Bullock, Film 4

Canada/Greece 2007 (UK release 2009) l 1hr 44min l Dir: Jeremy Podeswa Cast: Stephen Dillane, Rade Serbedzija, Rosamund Pike

Language: English; Greek, Yiddish, German with English subtitles l Type: Post WWII Drama | Awards: 7 wins, 7 nominations

Fugitive Pieces

An adaptation of award-winning Canadian poet Anne Michaels’s novel from 1996. A Polish child, haunted by witnessing his family’s slaughter during the Holocaust, escapes to Greece, then comes of age in Canada, where writing  becomes his refuge.

An emotionally-charged and powerful story of loss, love’s healing touch and the struggle to let the past go so that the future can begin.

“Fugitive Pieces is a soft and sweetly written adaptation”    Kevin  Maher, The Times

France 2007 (UK release 2008) 1hr 49min  Dir: Jean Becker l Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Language: French, English subtitles l Type: Light Drama l Awards: César nomination 2009, Best Actor, + 1 win   [Original title:  Dialogue avec mon jardinier]

Daniel Auteuil and Jean-Pierre Darroussin in "Conversations with my Gardener"

We like to finish our Seasons on a delightfully mellow note and this is no exception. A troubled Parisian painter retreats to his dilapidated country home and begins its renovation by hiring a gardener – who turns out to be an old schoolmate. An affectionate relationship develops from their contrasted lives and values. Auteuil and Darroussin bring irresistible humour and  sympathy to this sunny and poignant meditation.

“A gentle and humane work that’s beautifully acted by  Auteuil and Darroussin” Tom Dawson, Film Four

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