“Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.” – IMDB USA, 1988, David Mamet. Comedy/Crime/Drama, 1hr40 (PG) Presented as the Amersham and Chesham...
“A kind but thieving shopaholic tries to turn her mistakes around, but does so by becoming a skilled computer hacker, something that could only get her into more trouble despite her goal to impress her beloved family.” – IMDB USA/West...
“Peter, a young boy living in the fishing village of St Monans, Scotland during 1940s, learns about life and the beauty of imagination from his grandfather and female teacher in this touching semi-autobiographical story about childhood.” – IMDB UK, 1989,...
(Original title: Le Grand Chemin) “Louis, a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she’s having her second...
(Original title: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) “A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema’s projectionist.” – IMDB Italy/France, 1988, Giuseppe Tornatore. Drama/Romance,...
(Original title: When Harry Met Sally…) “Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.” – IMDB USA, 1989, Rob Reiner. Comedy/Drama/Romance, 1hr35 (15) Presented as the...
“Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.” – IMDB USA, 1988, Alan Parker. Crime/Drama/Mystery, 2hrs8 (18) Presented as the Amersham and Chesham Film Society
“Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys’ boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.” – IMDB USA, 1989, Peter Weir. Comedy/Drama,...
“Facing a mid-life crisis, a woman rents an apartment next to a psychiatrist’s office to write a new book, only to become drawn to the plight of a pregnant woman seeking that doctor’s help.” – IMDB USA, 1988, Woody Allen....
(Original title: Jésus de Montréal) “A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors’ lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself.” – IMDB Canada/France, 1989,...
