Films FICTION FEATURE
A BANQUET Director: Ruth Paxton Producers: Leonora Darby, Mark Lane, Nik Bower, James Harris, Laure Vaysse Cast: Sienna Guillory, Jessica Alexander, Ruby Stokes, Kaine Zajaz, Lindsay Duncan UK, 97 min In Ruth Paxton’s haunting new feature A BANQUET, widowed mother Holly (Sienna Guillory) is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey (Jessica Alexander) experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs. A BANQUET is the story of a family confronting the horrors lurking beneath the comforts they take for granted.
Friday, October 22, 8:15pm, Clairidge 4 Sunday, October 24, 8:00pm, Clairidge 5 FICTION FEATURE
BELFAST Director: Kenneth Branagh Producers: Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas Cast: Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan, Jude Hill UK, 97 min The Troubles of 20th century Northern Ireland, which saw the nation divided between Republicans, seeking unification with Ireland, and the Loyalists, seeking to preserve Northern Ireland’s relationship to the United Kingdom, provide the backdrop for BELFAST, the new film written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Kenneth Branagh. Told through the lens of a child’s perspective, one which reflects Branagh’s own experiences as a young boy in Northern Ireland, BELFAST is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s.
Friday, October 29, 7:30pm, Clairidge 2 73
