Fallen Leaves (12A) Monday Night Film Club
- RBC Film Theatre Mill Road Dumfries, Scotland, DG2 7BE United Kingdom (map)
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1944. In Vermiglio, a high mountain village of the Italian Alps where war looms as a distant but constant threat. The arrival of Pietro, a refugee soldier, disrupts the dynamics of the local teacher’s family, changing them forever.
During the four seasons marking the end of World War II, Pietro and Lucia, the eldest daughter of the teacher, instantly drawn to each other, led to marriage and an unexpected fate. As the world emerges from its tragedy, the family will face its own.
The Universal Theory unfolds as a suspenseful journey of intellectual intrigue. Johannes, a physicist, travels to a remote Swiss alpine hotel for a conference where an enigmatic scientist is set to reveal a ground-breaking theory. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Swiss Alps, the film’s striking black-and-white cinematography and powerful soundtrack amplify the sense of isolation and mounting tension.
The film is screening as part of this year's FOKUS: Film From Germany season, showcasing highlights of German cinema in venues across Scotland. The festival is realised by Goethe-Institut Glasgow in cooperation with and supported by Film Hub Scotland. Tickets are £2.50 full / £1.25 access.
Mismatched cousins reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother, but their old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
"Funny and intelligent...A Real Pain will knock the wind out of you."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Irish Independent
A very beautiful film about 3 real women and their experiences growing up in a repressive society in Costa Rica. They didn’t want to be filmed so the filmmaker recorded their voices and used actors to portray their memories and stories about life, love and what it means to be a woman.
The film has been selected for screening by D&G Women's Network, who will provide an introduction and lead the post-film discussion.
In Mumbai, thoughtful Nurse Prabha’s routine is upset when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger, flightier and rebellious roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her secret boyfriend. Their colleague Parvaty fights to stay in her home without any requisite paperwork left by her late husband. A trip to a beach town allows them each to find a space for their desires to manifest.
BRAZIL, 1971. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children, is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government. The film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.
Directed by BAFTA winner Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries, Central Station, On the Road).
A Manhattan insurance clerk (Jack Lemmon) tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters. The Apartment is the brilliant darkly comic romance written by I.A.L Diamond and Billy Wilder and directed by Billy Wilder. It's back in cinemas to celebrate the centenary of Jack Lemmon's birth (born 8 February, 1925).