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Forthcoming films:
Friday, 2nd October, 8pm
Sentimental Value
Norway 2025, 135 minutes, 15 certificate (strong language, suicide references)
Directed by Joachim Trier, Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning
Nora and Agnes are adult sisters grieving the recent loss of their mother, a psychotherapist. Nora is a celebrated actress, currently grappling with mortifying stage fright. They are preparing to sell the beautiful, light-flooded family home, a gabled, generous turn of the 20th Century house steeped in generations of the family’s history: it is where the sisters were raised, listening through the pipes to their mother’s therapy sessions downstairs; it is the home that their father – Gustav, a celebrated film director – abandoned years ago, effectively absenting himself from his daughter’s lives. It is also the place where their paternal grandmother, traumatised by the events of the 2nd World War, took her own life in one of its sunlit chambers. As they farewell their mother, Gustav reappears. Turns out he has an enduring stake in the property, and wants to use it for a self-aggrandising attempt to revive his ailing career. Characteristic of his narcissism and insensitivity, he wants to make a film about his own life, with Nora starring as his suicidal mother, and Agnes’ son as his boyish self. He can’t quite believe that his arrival is problematic for his daughters; why on earth might they cite decades of emotional neglect and resent his sudden reappearance? When Nora declines to be part of it, he adds insult to injury by casting a wildy inappropriate big Hollywood mega star in the role of the girls’ grandmother, the young starlet persuaded by his scallywag charms. Trier’s film is a funny-sad delight, a tragi-comedy about the delusions of an ageing egoist, an exploration of familial and generational trauma and loss, a story of seeking love amidst anger and resentment. With triumphant performances from Skarsgård and Reinsve, and much lauded at this year’s awards ceremonies, this is a real treat. Watch the trailer here.
Sun 11th Oct, 7pm: The Invite, cert 15 (very stong language, strong sex references, drug misuse)
Sat 24th Oct, 8pm: The Christophers, cert 15 (very strong language)
Sun 1st Nov, 7pm: & Sons, cert 15 (strong language)
Fri 6th Nov, 8pm: Rebuilding, cert PG (mild bad language, upsetting scenes, drug references)
