PROGRAMME
We offer a great value residential package if you book for the entire weekend, alternatively you can attend for just part of the weekend. Friday, Saturday and Sunday day tickets are available.
The timetable at the bottom of this page gives approximate screening times for each film.
Friday 1 February
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8:30pm
A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
Director: Kenji MizoguchiNothing is more unpredictable than a person’s fate
Saturday 2 February
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9:30am
Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Director: Keisuke KinoshitaA stylish and vividly formal work of great beauty from Japan’s cinematic golden age
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11:00am
After Life (1988)
Director: Hirokazu Kore-edaIf you could take only one memory with you to eternity, which one would you choose?
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2:30pm
Double Suicide (1969)
Director: Mashiro ShinodaA doomed love between a paper merchant and a courtesan ends in tragedy
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4:15pm
Chickamatsu’s love in Osaka (1959)
Director: Tomo UchidaA young man falls in love with a prostitute and his life is changed forever
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7:30pm
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
Director: Kunio WatanabeJapan’s timeless tale of honour and revenge
Sunday 3 February
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9:30am
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Director: Kon IchikawaAn intricate tale of betrayal and retribution set in the cloistered world of nineteenth-century kabuki theatre
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1:45pm
Late Spring (1949)
Director: Yasujirō OzuAn ageing widower and his grown-up daughter sacrifice their mutual happiness for each other’s sake
Timetable for the weekend
Timings are approximate but intended to give you an idea of how the weekend will run
Friday
Afternoon/early evening - arrive at hotel to check in before dinner at 7pm
7.00pm Dinner
8.45pm First screening, Los olvidados, Luis Bun᷉uel (81 minutes)
Saturday
Breakfast followed by an introduction and screening of the first film La mujer sin cabeza/The Headless Woman, Lucrecia Martel (87 minutes) at around 9.30
11.30am Break
11.50am Nostalgia de la luz/Nostalgia for the Light, Patricio Guzman (90 minutes)
1.30pm Lunch
2.15pm Elefante blanco/White Elephant, Pablo Trapero (105 minutes)
4.00pm Break
4.30pm Pelo malo/Bad Hair, Mariana Rondon (99 minutes)
6.15pm Break before dinner at 7.15pm
8.45pm Una mujer fantastica/A Fantastic Woman, Sebastian Lelio (110 minutes)
Sunday
Breakfast followed by an introduction and screening of our first film at around 9.30: La jaula de oro/The Golden Dream, Diego Quemada-Diez (108 minutes)
11.00am Break - includes discussion
11.30am No, Pablo Larrain (116 minutes)
2.00pm Lunch
3.00pm Fresa y chocolate/Strawberry and chocolate, Tomas Gutierrez Alea (108 minutes)
4.15pm Discussion of the weekend's films, feedback on the weekend and plans for 2020.
5.00pm Weekend ends - time to go home
