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Our Next Presentation: Evil Does Not Exist (Thursday 29 January)

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Chelmsford Theatre Studio, Fairfield Road @ 8PM (Doors open 7:15)

In the rural alpine hamlet of Mizubiki, not far from Tokyo, Takumi and his daughter, Hana, lead a modest life gathering water, wood, and wild wasabi for a local restaurant. The townsfolk become aware of a talent agency’s plan to build an opulent glamping site nearby, offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to the snowy wilderness. However, it becomes clear that the project will have a devastating impact on the local community.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow up to his Oscar-winning DRIVE MY CAR is a foreboding fable on humanity’s mysterious, mystical relationship with nature

Drama • Japan • Cert: 12A • Year: 2023
Language: Japanese • 106 mins

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As we have now reached half way through our season, the membership fee now drops to £37.50 for the remainder of the season.

Our previous presentation:

Audience reaction to The Crime Is Mine

Audience reaction to The Crime Is Mine

17 response slips were returned. The breakdown, and comments were: Download the comments by clicking on the following link:Feedback PDF We are always interested to receive any additional comments people may have on this film and welcome all contributions to … Continue reading →

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May we encourage you to complete the Response Slips following the showing of each film – feedback (both positive and negative) helps us to decide what types of films to show in future seasons. In addition, you can leave comments for any of the films we have shown via the Discussion page.

Audience reaction to The Crime Is Mine

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17 response slips were returned. The breakdown, and comments were:

  • ‘Excellent’: 5 votes
    • Very entertaining and outrageous.  I am sure everyone had great fun.
      Lovely use of colour, locations & fashion.  The France of fantasy!
    • Fun!
    • Good fun.  Lovely costumes and scenery.
    • Pacey!
  • ‘Very Good’: 8 votes
    • Very amusing, a bit of light relief following April.  The cinematography was excellent – the way it captured the feel of 30s cinema – even if the sexual politics were clearly 21st century.
    • Great fun!  Well adapted by Ozon
    • The perfect antidote to the rest of this season: light, frothy, inconsequential, but great entertainment.  Good to discover there were light moments even in the 1930’s.
    • A charming, frothy confection of a film, very stylistic and acted with great verve.  Ideal viewing for the festive season!
    • Cheerful.  Made a change!
    • A very funny period piece.
    • Great fun!
  • ‘Good’: 4 votes
    • Enjoyable, and certainly a comedy.
    • What a pleasant change to be not frightened, horrified, scared, bored.  A nice bit of harmless fun.
    • French slapstick, essentially.  I felt it was a little too derivative to award top marks.
    • An enjoyable romp.
  • ‘Satisfactory’ 0 votes
  • ‘Poor’: 0 votes

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Feedback PDF

We are always interested to receive any additional comments people may have on this film and welcome all contributions to this forum. If you did not leave comments after the screening, but still wish to do so, you can leave them here.

Our Next Presentation: The Crime Is Mine (Monday 8 December)

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Chelmsford Theatre Studio, Fairfield Road @ 8PM (Doors open 7:15)

In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless (and talentless) actress, is accused of murdering the lascivious French producer, Montferrand. Helped by her best friend Pauline, a young unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defence. A new life of fame and success begins, until the truth comes out; however, the truth is in the eye of the beholder.

Comedy Thriller • France • Cert: 15 • Year: 2023
Languages: French/English/Spanish • 102 mins

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Our previous presentation:

Audience reaction to April

Audience reaction to April

15 response slips were returned. The breakdown, and comments were: Download the comments by clicking on the following link:Feedback PDF We are always interested to receive any additional comments people may have on this film and welcome all contributions to … Continue reading →

Source:

May we encourage you to complete the Response Slips following the showing of each film – feedback (both positive and negative) helps us to decide what types of films to show in future seasons. In addition, you can leave comments for any of the films we have shown via the Discussion page.