The Trust will be running a season of Sunday night film screenings
at 19:30 in Penicuik Town Hall (doors open 19:00). Tickets are £4.00 (at the door but
also the day before at Saturday Open House).
April 6thThe Chorus (Les Choristes) (2004) 96
min.
Mathieu becomes a teacher in a boarding school
for disturbed children. Engaging them to sing in a choir changes their
lives. Warm, uplifting portrayal of salvation in 1950s small-town
rural France.
April 20thRabbit-Proof Fence (2002) 95
min.
A young aboriginal girl leads her younger
sister and cousin in an escape from a government institute set up to
train aboriginal children as domestic workers integrated into white
society. A 1500 mile trek across the Australian outback.
May 4thLa Vie en Rose (2007) 140 min.
Telling the life story of the Parisian singer Edith Piaf - the
first and only Leading Lady Oscar awarded to a French actress.
May 18thLetters from Iwo Jima (2006)
140 min.
Academy award winning film with a Japanese
perspective on the American capture of Iwo Jima, a turning point in
the Pacific War. Acclaimed collaboration between Clint Eastwood and
Steven Spielberg.
June 1stAe Fond Kiss (2004) 104 min.
Ken Loach's poignant film of love across the racial divide in Glasgow.
June 15thLittle Miss Sunshine (2006) 98
min.
Hilarious ride across America to California by
the dysfunctional Hooker family.
June 29th
The Leopard (2006) 187 min.
Luchino Visconti's magnificent period drama starring Burt
Lancaster and Claudia Cardinale telling of the life changes overtaking
the Sicilian aristocracy in the 1860s. "Arguably the best film
ever made" - The Guardian.
