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seems catatonic, trained to ignore everything in the room, even if things become dangerous. Sure enough, the four unwieldy thieves can’t help but open old wounds in an attempt to find their missing loot. Riviera 1
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WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT (UK) 88mins. SC Films International. Dir: Pat Holden. Key cast: Craig Parkinson, Gary Lewis, Kate Ashfield. Based on true events. Set in Yorkshire in 1974. Britain is in recession, the oil crisis and blackouts loom large. The Maynard family move into their dream house, only to find a “presence” already
living there. Len, Jenny and their daughter Sally must struggle to keep their already fragile family together as they are attacked by poltergeists. Soon it becomes apparent that Sally is their main focus of attention. The house becomes a living nightmare. They must exorcise the evil spirits for them to survive. Olympia 6
WHAT’S IN A NAME? (France) 110mins. Pathe International. Dir: Alexandre De La Patelliere, Matthieu Delaporte. Key cast: Patrick Bruel, Valerie Benguigui, Charles Berling, Guillaume De Tonquedec. Vincent, a successful forty- something, is about to become a father for the first time. He is invited to dinner at the charming apartment of his sister, Elisabeth, and brother-in-law, Pierre, where he catches up with his childhood friend, Claude. While waiting for Anna, his younger spouse who is always running
late, his fellow guests happily bombard him with questions on his fast approaching fatherhood. But when his hosts ask Vincent what name he has chosen for his future offspring, his response plunges the family into chaos. Star 2
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THE WORDS (US) 101mins. GK Films. Dir: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal. Key cast: Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Zoe Saldana. Follows a writer who, at the peak of his literary success, discovers the price he must pay for stealing another man’s work. Arcades 2
THE YEAR DOLLY PARTON WAS MY MOM (Canada) 95mins. Reel
Suspects. Dir: Tara Johns. Key cast: Dolly Parton, Gil Bellows, Julia Stone, Macha Grenon It’s 1976 and Elizabeth is just your average suburban 11-year-old praying for adolescence to arrive when she discovers her whole life has been a lie. With only her imagination to guide her, Elizabeth runs away in search of her true identity. Her adoptive mother Marion is then forced to break out of the carefully constructed “truth” she’s been clinging to and go after her daughter. This leads to a cathartic crosscountry trek by a mother searching for a daughter who’s searching for a mother — both of them really searching for themselves. A poignant, sometimes funny, very female, coming-of-age story that explores the tension between creating identity
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