A community group putting on monthly films, plays, social and community events.
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All welcome! Contact: 07432 602068 hello@palairetproductions.com
Doors open 7.45 £5 Bar
Advance ticket sales:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/philips-norton-players (booking fee applies)
New films for autumn/winter 2024:
25-October
LA CHIMERA (2023) 15
Arthur (Josh O’Connor), a down-at-heel British archaeologist just released from prison for misappropriating artefacts, soon falls back in with a ragtag gang of petty thieves, or tomboroli, who plunder Etruscan tombs in the Italian countryside and sell the results to a mysterious figure called Spartaco. Arthur is also grieving for his lost love, and revisits her palatial but decaying home where he encounters her mother (Isabella Rossellini) and housekeeper Italia (Carol Duarte).“La Chimera is a film that utterly occupies its own fictional space; it expresses its eccentric romance in its own fluent movie dialect. I was utterly captivated by this sad, lovelorn adventure.” The Guardian“Enigmatic, absorbing and so much more alive than any pottery behind glass in a museum, this is an exquisitely crafted, grown-up Indiana Jones steeped in its own distinctive magic.” Empire
29-November
TEACHERS’ LOUNGE (2023) 12A
Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) is a new arrival on the staff of a middle school in Germany, her commitment and optimism still unblunted. When the suspicion for a spate of thefts falls on a particular boy, based on little more than his skin colour, she acts to exonerate him, capturing, through dubious means, evidence that seems to implicate a fellow member of staff. But the accused teacher, single mother of Oskar (Leo Stettnisch), another child in Carla’s class, doggedly protests her innocence. Oscar-nominated for Best International Feature Film.“A gripping poignant drama fronted by a staggeringly good performance from Benesch.” The Upcoming“A fine exercise in restrained but mounting tension.” Variety
13-December
SWEDE CAROLINE (2024) 15A
A hilarious mockumentary which follows Caroline (Jo Hartley), a competitive giant vegetable grower, as she readies herself for the big annual National Veg Championship. When her prized marrow, named Ricky Hutton, is stolen, Caroline and her fellow growers, conspiracy theorist Paul (Richard Lumsden) and affable Willy (Celyn Jones), are led into a seedy world of crime as they attempt to find the culprit.“The film is gloriously silly, with the three reliably retaining their composure as they uncover the truth behind Caroline’s tragic vegetable loss.”
Independent.co.uk“Aside from its comedic achievements, Swede Caroline is surprisingly touching.” Strand
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