Whangarei Film Society - screenings for Thursday August 4th
Good People
For this Thursday, the 4th August at 6pm, WFS will be screening the British Comedy The Duke starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren.
Our 8pm session will be Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom.
Please Note: We are at the Orange traffic light setting and so we must abide by the guidelines set out by the WDC Forum North Events and Venue department. Please show courtesy to others by practicing social distancing within the venue, particularly around the bar and food areas on the mezzanine floor.
The Duke
Cast: Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren, UK, Comedy, 95 mins
Kempton Bunton [Jim Broadbent], was a real-life political agitator in the early 1960s. Notorious for challenging everything from the size of a pint at the local pub to having to pay for a television licence, his crusades against perceived injustices meant he struggled to hold down a job and also exasperated his long-suffering wife, Peggy [Helen Mirren].
Promising he’ll give up his campaigning after one last attempt at persuading those in London to wipe the TV licence fee, Kempton secretly returns home with an illegally obtained bargaining chip. Namely, Goya’s portrait of The Duke of Wellington.
To Kenton, it is a symbol of everything that’s wrong about the country’s priorities and he now has to meticulously plan how to hand it back if his demands are met.
And there’s also the matter of how to keep the theft a secret from his wife…
View the trailer at: www.youtube.com...
Tickets: Door sales only. Price: $10 for WFS members, $15 for non members.
Cash only please - no Eftpos/credit card services available.
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