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13th January Walk the Line (2005) 136 min. |
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Oscar winning film of the life of the legendary Folk Singer Johnny Cash. |
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27th January Driving
Lessons (2006) 91 min. |
| Julie Walters comedy with Hogwarts star Rupert Grint
chauffeuring a cantankerous actress to the Edinburgh Festival.
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10th February
Memoirs of a Geisha
(2005) 145 min. |
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A young Japanese woman is sold by her family into the Geisha-teahouse
culture of pre-war Japan. Capturing a passing age with stunning
photography, the film was nominated for six Academy Awards. |
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24th February
Hallam Foe (to be confirmed) (2007) 95 min. |
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A 17-year-old clashes with his stepmother and leaves the
family mansion in the Scottish Borders to live ferally on Edinburgh's
rooftops. Coming of age portrayed in a darkly funny, bittersweet
comedy. Filmed south of Traquair and in Edinburgh.
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9th March
Atonement (2007) 130 min. |
| Epic story of tragedy and redemption starting in the wealth
and privilege of a 1930s mansion where a young girl's imagination and
false accusation destroy the lives of her sister and lover.
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6th April
The 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. |
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20th April
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) 93 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. |
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