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Audience Feedback for Broker

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There were 12 reaction slips returned following the screening of this film.  The responses were:

  • ‘Excellent’: 3 votes
    • Another winner from Koreeda.  By the end of the film, you sympathise with all the characters, regardless of their morality.  I did find the ending (where everyone wins) a bit too twee, however.
    • Loved the slow pace.  Very emotional for me. A bit confused at end.
    • A very enjoyable film but I’m a little confused about the ending.  Films like this are why we need a Film Club.
  • ‘Very Good’: 6 votes
    • Thoroughly engaging narrative; lovely performances.  And such a ‘happy’ ending – so unusual!
    • Perhaps slightly too long, lovely characterisation although rather unlikely ending.
      Good 1st film!
    • A gentle, sweet story despite the backstory.
    • Interesting
    • Bit long!
  • ‘Good’: 2 votes
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 1 vote
    • Meandered pleasantly but never quite made it to a believable whole fairy tale.
  • ‘Poor’: 0 votes

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Audience feedback for “Broker’

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Newsletter 22 September 2023

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The forthcoming 2023/24 season (commencing on 14 November) is close to being finalise, and we now have agreement with the Distributors for 9 of the 10 films confirmed. They are:

  • Tuesday 14 November: Broker (Hirokazu Kore-eda, South Korea, 2022)
  • Thursday 7 December: Pamfir (Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Ukraine, 2023)
  • Wednesday 17 January: War Pony (Riley Keough/Gina Gammell, USA/UK, 2023)
  • Tuesday 23 January: The Eight Mountains (Felix van Groeningen/Charlotte Vandermeersch, Italy/Belgium, 2023)
  • Wednesday 14 February: A Matter Of Life And Death (Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger, UK, 1946 (BFI 4K Restoration))
  • Thursday 29 February: Godland (Hlynur Pálmason, Denmark/Iceland, 2022)
  • Wednesday 13 March: Love According To Dalva (Emmanuelle Nicot, Belgium, 2022)
  • Thursday 28 March: Plan 75 (Chie Hayakawa, Japan, 2022)
  • Wednesday 3 April: To be confirmed
  • Wednesday 17 April: Return To Seoul (Davy Chou, France, 2022)

Note: Pamfir, on 7 December will be preceded with a short AGM.

Over the next few weeks I will be updating the Chelmsford Film Club website with details of each film (pages for the first 4 films can be accessed via the carousel on the Home page – the remainder will follow shortly)

We hope to see many of you at the Chelmsford Theatre Studio (formerly The Cramhorn Theatre). Details of how to join can be found on our Membership page.

Audience Feedback for Saint Omer

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There were 10 reaction slips returned following the screening of this film.  The responses were:

  • ‘Excellent’: 6 votes
    • Excellent Film. Difficult subject matter masterfully conveyed – want to say a lot more but
    • stuck for words. Shouldn’t watch when pregnant!
    • Very moving. Full of questions, including what it can be like going from a colonised country
      to the colonising country and keep sanity. Very strong about what being a woman is like.
      Many thanks to the Film Club & the director. Also, all subtitles clear, unlike the Almodóvar
      film.
    • A fantastic film, very thought provoking. It’s why we need a film club.
    • Interesting food for thought – childbirth changes women.
    • Fascinating: a film we, the audience, have to work as hard at as the jury in the trial. And Nina Simone at the end! Great end to the ‘Short season’.
  • ‘Very Good’: 2 votes
    • A challenging, thought provoking and strangely haunting film. Superb performances from Rama and Laurence.
  • ‘Good’: 1 vote
    • Although I found the court scene absorbing, I wanted a less open-ended end.
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 1 vote
    • Not my cup of tea, this film.
  • ‘Poor’: 0 votes

Plus one comment (via email) without any indication of a score:

  • A though-provoking film, two views of the Black, African, experience in White Europe. If a quick fish through the films that happen to be available are of the level of the three I’ve seen in this short season, then the Film Club should really keep going!

We are always interested to receive any additional comments people may have on this film and welcome all contributions to this forum.

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