197615

Directed by Manuela Martelli | Chile | 2022 | 1h 36m | Spanish w/ English subtitles | Starring Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Sepúlveda, Hugo Medina, Alejandro Goic, Carmen Gloria Martínez

Carmen, a middle-class woman in her forties, is overseeing renovations to the family’s beach house when the local priest asks her to take care of a political dissident he is secretly sheltering. As General Pinochet tightens his dictatorial grip on society, Carmen finds her daily life governed by fear as she agrees to help the young man. Manuela Martelli’s directorial debut is a tensely fraught political thriller and unnerving portrayal of paranoia in 1970s Chile. Winner of Best Debut at the London Film Festival.

Reviews

‘Entrapment, paranoia and a growing sense of political awakening are deftly embodied with intense nuance and complexity…a captivating character study filtered through the genre elements of a political thriller’
★★★★
Marina Ashioti, Little White Lies

‘Nerve-jangling noir unpicks middle-class guilt of Pinochet era…thrilling feature debut from actor turned director Manuela Martelli’
★★★★
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

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Today (Friday 2nd June)

15:30

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18:00

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1h 46m
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20:30

The Eight Mountains 12A
2h 27m | Italian w/ English subtitles
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Tomorrow (Saturday 3rd June)

15:15

A Clever Woman 15
Director Q&A
1h 28m
Beguiling chamber drama in which two sisters return to their family home and face up to the ghosts of their past. Join us on Saturday 3 June for a special post-screening Q&A with director Jon Sanders.

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18:00

Plan 75 15
1h 53m | Japanese w/ English subtitles
Dystopian sci-fi set in a near-future Japan where the government introduces a measure to combat the burden of an ageing population – encouraging its senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanised.

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20:30

Are You There God? It's Me, Marg PG
1h 46m
Based on Judy Blume’s classic novel from 1970, a humourous and empathetic coming-of-age comedy following the tumultuous adolescence of a teenage girl growing up in New Jersey.

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