Autumn 2011 Film Nights

The following films were shown at during our annual film season (free admission) :

Oct 16: OF GODS AND MEN  (2010) - this dramatic French film follows a group of Trappist Monks caught in the midst of government and radical Islamic fighting in a remote Algerian village during the 1990s.  Should they stay or leave?

Nov. 6: BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945) - about a housewife who meets a doctor on the railway platform. Although she is already married, they gradually fall in love with each other and continue to meet despite knowing that their love is impossible.

Nov. 20: UP -  A fun-filled Pixar story (2009) about an elderly man who sets out to fulfil his life-long dream of visiting the mountains of South America. Tying thousands of balloons to his house he soars away, but not without inadvertently taking a little scout with him.

The films were follwed by a discussion (with refreshments) which considered the many issues they 

Previous Years' Films Included

Valkyrie

Black Narcissus

The Bishop's Wife

The Merchant of Venice


Babette's Feast (U)

Babette's Feast is a film which depicts so little, yet says so much. Set in a rural Danish community, it revolves around the twin sisters of the village pastor and the French women who serves them after fleeing the 1871 revolution. On winning the lottery she plans a feast to mark the centenary of the sisters' father, bringing a dimension of fine living into the lives of the God-fearing Lutherans and healing festering personal animosities in the process. The film captures the rugged timelessness of the Jutland landscape and altogether is a heart-warming and affecting experience.