Three Colours: White15

Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski | France/Poland | 1994 | 1h 32m | French & Polish w/ English subtitles | Starring Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini

A Polish hairdresser living in Paris is down on his luck: impotent, penniless, and divorced by his glamorous wife. After a compatriot offers him an unusual job and a means of returning home, he receives a rude introduction to the new Poland. Swimming with the tide, he becomes determined to become ‘more equal’ than others and plots his own form of revenge. The second instalment of Kieslowski’s Trilogy is a bittersweet tale of fortunes reversed for which Kieslowski won the Best Director award at the Berlin Film Festival.

Reviews

‘What a strange confection White is – an opera of male agony and outrageously implausible picaresque adventure. Yet it succeeds amazingly on its own melodramatic terms.’
★★★★★
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

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Today (Tuesday 21st April)

20:15

Two Prosecutors 12A
£6 for Members
1h 58m | Russian & Ukrainian w/ English subtitles
Soviet Union, 1937. Amidst rampant injustice, a prisoner’s letter reaches prosecutor Alexander Kornyev, igniting a pursuit of truth in a totalitarian system. Sergei Loznitsa’s gripping historical drama, based on Georgy Demidov’s novel, starkly explores stifling Soviet bureaucracy and state oppression.

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Tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd April)

14:45

Two Prosecutors 12A
1h 58m | Russian & Ukrainian w/ English subtitles
Soviet Union, 1937. Amidst rampant injustice, a prisoner’s letter reaches prosecutor Alexander Kornyev, igniting a pursuit of truth in a totalitarian system. Sergei Loznitsa’s gripping historical drama, based on Georgy Demidov’s novel, starkly explores stifling Soviet bureaucracy and state oppression.

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17:30

The Magic Faraway Tree U
1h 50m
The Thompson children discover a magical tree leading to fantastical lands. Facing quirky inhabitants and wondrous adventures, they reconnect and grow closer. Enid Blyton’s beloved classic comes to life in this enchanting adaptation starring Andrew Garfield, Nicola Coughlan, and Claire Foy.

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20:00

Innocent Sorcerers 12A
1h 26m | Polish w/ English subtitles
A jazz-filled night of flirtation captures Poland’s modern, disillusioned youth in Andrzej Wajda’s French New Wave-inspired social portrait. Part of Kinoteka On Tour – Polish Film Festival.

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