| Robert Burns Centre FILM THEATRE |
OCTOBER 2011 @ RBCFT |
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Monday 24 (6.30 ) and Wednesday 26 (7.30) October IN A BETTER WORLD – Dir. Susanne Bier Anton and his wife Marianne are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-yearold son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian whose mother recently lost her battle with cancer. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. It is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy. This year’s foreign-film Oscar winner
TAKE MY EYES – Dir. Iciar Bollain
One winter's night, Pilar flees from her house with nothing but a couple of belongings and her son Juan. Antonio is soon hot on their heels. As far as he is concerned, Pilar is his life, as he likes to say, she has "given him his eyes." Contrary to how she hoped it would be, it becomes clear that home means hell, love means pain and the person who promised protection is actually the cause of terror. FREE FILM SCREENING THE HEDGEHOG – Dir. Mona Achache But as her appointment with death approaches, Paloma finally meets some kindred spirits in her building's grumpy concierge and an enigmatic, elegant neighbor, both of whom inspire Paloma to question her rather pessimistic outlook on life. ‘As oddball as the creature that inspired it, The
Hedgehog warms the heart with its prickly tale.’ Friday 28 (7.30) and Saturday 29 (7.30) October THE DEBT – Dir. John Madden All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1966, when the trio tracked down Nazi war criminal Vogel in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team's mission was accomplished - or was it? The suspense builds in and across two different time periods, with startling action and surprising revelations. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN – Dir. Mel Brooks 5 days of Halloween Horror at RBCFT
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Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in
Denmark and his work at an African refugee camp. He and
his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult
choices. 
Film Club - 6.30pm on Monday 24th October
Winner of 7 Spanish GOYA Awards, this absorbing and
powerful film portrays the realities of family life behind
closed doors.
Following this film there will be an opportunity
for discussion. 
Paloma, a serious but deeply bored 11-year old, decides
to kill herself on her twelfth birthday. Fascinated by
art and philosophy, she questions and documents her
life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often
hilarious observations on the world around her. 
This espionage thriller begins in 1997, as shocking news
reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (Helen
Mirren) and Stephan (Tom Wilkinson) about their former
colleague David (Ciarán Hinds). 
Though not especially proud of his roots, Doctor Frankenstein
agrees to return to the land of his ancestors. Caught up in
the family madness, he decides to follow in the footsteps of
his grandfather to create his own creature from corpses with
the help of his faithful servant Igor. Unfortunately, instead
of finding Frankenstein the brain of a genius, Igor makes a
mistake and brings back another brain..