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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!

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Audience Feedback for Corsage

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There were 13 reaction slips returned following the screening of this film.  The responses were:

  • ‘Excellent’: 1 vote
    • A tour de force from Vicky Krepps – superb!
  • ‘Very Good’: 6 votes
    • The time flew past, so it must have its positives!  Much to think about.
    • True or not, it doesn’t matter.  A film for all women – just as well Diana never saw it!
    • Fascinating, feminist film.  Good to watch.  Liked the ‘modern’, ‘Godard’, touches! We’re only watching a film.
    • Intriguing!
    • Really enjoyable
    • Enjoyable
  • ‘Good’: 5 votes
    • Not knowing much about the real Empress Elisabeth, it was difficult to establish how much was factually based.  I thought the use of pop songs, and the anachronistic technology (tractors, phones, etc.), unnecessary.
    • Satisfying ending.  Wouldn’t complain to look that way at 40.
    • A strange, yet oddly quaint story of an eccentric, troubled Empress, struggling to find meaning in her royal life.
    • More questions than answers
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 1 vote
    • Need to consult wiki on the facts.
  • ‘Poor’: 0 votes

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Audience Feedback for Parallel Mothers

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There were 20 reaction slips returned following the screening of this film.  The responses were:

  • ‘Excellent’: 13 votes
    • Second time I’ve seen this film (and would willingly watch it again), one of Almodóvar’s best.
    • Almodóvar at his best – will he make another one as good?
    • Cracking
    • Thought provoking.
    • Brilliant
    • Riveting performances from both Penelope Cruz and “Ana” [Melina Smit]; a memorial film
    • Almodóvar cannot make a bad film.  Full of colour & emotion conveyed in his usual straightforward way.  Suspect film feels very different if you are Spanish.
    • Very well done & very emotional re babies & especially the graves of the Republicans
    • A wonderful film.  Totally original & uplifting
    • What shall we do when we can’t see such films on a screen?  We need this club.
  • ‘Very Good’: 6 votes
    • Very interesting plot device.  Ms Cruz as sumptuous as ever!
    • Clever and involving – certainly no shortage of skeletons in the cupboard.
    • Decent, worth a watch
    • A gentle and reflected take on the fragility of family and relationships.  True Almodóvar.
    • Enjoyed very much, loved the colours + interesting subject matters.
  • ‘Good’: 0 votes
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 1 vote
    • Slightly disappointing.  I think it was a case of being inattentive to one of the storylines at the expense of the other.  Most of the characters seemed unloved or unlovable.
  • ‘Poor’: 0 votes

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