New Year 2024
As trailed in last month’s Newsletter and despite several further delays, we have produced an interim programme of films for January to April which covers our four usual cinematic catagories and which we hope will excite your interest. They are:-
January 25th. The Quiet Girl Ireland, 2022. dir: Colm Bairead
February 29th In a Lonely Place. USA, 1950. dir: Nicholas Ray
March 28th. Transit. Germany/France dir: Christian Petzold
April 25th. Aguirre, Wrath of God Germany/Mexico. dir: Werner Herzog.
The first of these, The Quiet Girl, is a visually stunning film that follows 11 year old Cait, who is sent to live with foster parents after existence with her dysfunctional family becomes unbearable. She is quickly enamoured by the bucolic setting and her new way of life but discovers a secret that threatens to destroy her idyllic world. Anchored by superb performances- especially from Catherine Clinch, who plays Cait- the film is constantly riveting, with a final reveal that is both devastating and beautiful.
The screening will be charged at our new rate of £8.00, which includes £1.00 membership fee.
To access Abbey Cinema’s booking page for The Quiet Girl, please use the following link
https://theabbey.ac/web?film=65a80886779795171cad463a
Then select 7.30pm Guildhall
where you can make your booking.
Note: For security reasons newly instituted by the Town Council, access to the Roysse room is now only via the Bridge Street entrance.
More information about the booking process can be found by searching under ‘About Us’ on the ABCD website, https://abfilms.org.uk
For this screening, a member of our Front of House team will be on hand to assist anyone who wants to see the film but has not been able to book online.
A Programme Note for the film has been produced and is attached to this Newsletter- it can be accessed via the link at the bottom of the page, and provides a descriptive context to film you are about to see. Please print the Programme Note if you wish to retain a paper copy.
Reaction slips, for comments on the film and any other points about ABCD you may wish to make, will be available nat the screening. Please use them freely-your comments and scores will be published non our Website in due course.
Note:
If this is the first time you have received an ABCD Newsletter and would like to find out more about the Film Society, please contact our Membership Secretary by Emailing info@abfilms.org.uk
http://abfilms.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ABCD-Prog-Note-Quiet-Girl-ex-MJ-250124a.pdf