The Piano
“In the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.” – IMDB Australia/France/New Zealand,...
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Orlando
“After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.” – IMDB UK/Russia/Italy/France/Netherlands, 1992, Sally Potter. Biography/Drama/Fantasy, 1hr 34mins (PG) Presented as the Chiltern Film Club, formerly the...
Schtonk!
“The slightly fictionalised story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.” – IMDB Germany, 1992, Helmut Dietl. Comedy/Crime, 1hr 55mins (15) Presented as the Chiltern...
Into The West
“Grandpa Ward gives a horse he found to his grandchildren, who keep it in their tower-block flat in Dublin. The horse is stolen from them, and the two young boys set out to find it and flee on it.” –...
The Crying Game
“A British soldier kidnapped by the IRA soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier’s world.” – IMDB UK/Japan, 1992, Neil Jordan. Crime/Drama/Romance, 1hr 52mins (18) Presented as the Chiltern Film Club, formerly the Amersham...
Mediterraneo
“In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.” – IMDB Italy, 1991, Gabriele Salvatores. Comedy/Drama/War, 1hr 36mins (15) Presented as the Chiltern Film Club, formerly the Amersham and...
