Tuesday January 19th at 2.30
Becoming Jane (120 mins : UK : 2007 : cert PG)
”A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.”
The year is 1795 and young Jane Austen is a feisty 20 year-old. She’s an emerging writer who already sees a world that exists beyond class and commerce and the making of a good, wholesome, marital match. Seeing beyond the pride and the prejudice of the age, she dreams of doing what was nearly unthinkable at the time – marrying for love.
Naturally, her parents are on the lookout for a wealthy, well appointed man to assure their daughter’s future financial and social standing – no matter what he’s like as a person. Mr Wisley, nephew to Lady Gresham, the formidable local aristocrat, is the very epitome of their expectations. But when Jane meets the roguish and decidedly non-aristocratic Tom LeFroy, sparks soon fly between them, along with sharp wit and repartee. His intellect and arrogance raise her ire – but eventually she’s knocked head over heels.
Now, with their flirtation flying in the face of good sense and prudish sensibility, they are faced with a terrible dilemma. If they attempt to marry, they will truly risk everything that matters – family, friends, and fortunes.
Internet link - http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0416508/
…… and the same day at 8:00
The Reader (124 minutes : USA/Germany : 2008 : cert 15)
And yet another multiple award film for Broseley Cinema.
In post war Germany, teenager Michael Berg becomes ill, and he’s helped home by Hanna, a stranger who’s twice his age. He recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. They quickly become drawn into a passionate but secretive affair.
Michael discovers that she loves being read to, so he treats her to some classics, reading them aloud. Hanna is enthralled. But despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day, leaving Michael confused and heartbroken.
Eight years later, when he is a law student, and is watching the Nazi war trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life – this time as a defendant in the stand. As her past is revealed, he becomes aware of a deep secret that will impact upon them both.
