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Forthcoming films:
Friday 10th April, 8pm
The Choral
UK 2025, 108 minutes, 12 certificate
Directed by Nicholas Hytner, Starring Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam, Mark Addy, Alum Armstrong
Hytner’s quietly uplifting and moving drama, written by Allan Bennet, brings together a stellar British cast to tell a story of the power of art to uplift and unite across cultural and political differences. The setting is a fictional Yorkshire town during the First World War. The town has a long and proud musical tradition, with an established choir that has played a central role in the life of the town, it’s families and institutions. But the war is taking its toll, with established choir members lost to the conflict leaving behind those who are too young or too old to join up but who lack the musical distinction to take over as musical director. The best candidate is Fiennes’ Dr Guthrie, prodigious in his learning and experience but contentious in that his learning and experience springs from Germany with its rich musical heritage, a heritage he holds close to his heart for artistic and personal reasons. The film charts Guthrie’s efforts to carve out a reputable choir up to the task of performing Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, a piece preoccupied with mortality and therefore capable of addressing the emotional realities of wartime. Damaged young men; men fearful of the front; bereaved families; forbidden loves; women attempting to hold the community together – all come together with understated humour and fine performances. Watch the trailer here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2YL4_bEKSzc
