Cinema Club

The schedule for 2011/2012  will be as follows.

All Films will be shown in the Casa de la Cultura in Alhaurin el Grande between 18.00 - 20.00

 Wednesday 5th October:

ATONEMENT

Starring: James McAvoy & Keira Knightley

Synopsis: Through a series of catastrophic misunderstandings, Robbie Turner (James McAvoy) is accused of a crime he did not commit. This accusation destroys Robie and Cecilia's (Keira Knightley) love and dramayically alters the course of their lives. A sweeping romance that is both captivating and deeply moving.

Running time: 1 hour and 58 minutes

Wednesday 2nd November:

BILLY ELLIOT

Starring: Julie Waters & Jamie Bell

Synopsis:With 13 BAFTA and 3 Oscar niminations, Billy Elliot is a heartwarming tale of an 11 ear old coal miner's son (Jamie Bell) in the north of England who;s life is forever changed when he stumbles upon Mrs Wilkinson's (Julie Waters) ballet class during his weekly boxing lesson. Before long, he finds himself immersed in ballet, demonstrating a raw talent never seen before and reaching for a dream that changes the lives of everyone he touches.

Running time: 1 hour and 46 minutes

Wednesday 16th November:

THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL

Starring: Natalie Portman, Eric Bana & Scarlett Johansson

Synopsis: A sumptous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history. The Other Boleyn Girl tells the story of two beautiful sisters, Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary Boleyn (Scarlett Johansson) who, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII (Eric Bana). While both women eventually share the king's bed, only one will ascend to the throne for a brief and turbulent reign that ends tragically with a swing of the Executioner's sword.

Running time: 1 hour and 51 minutes

Wednesday 7th December:

MISS POTTER 

Starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor

Synopsis: Whilst delighting generations of children with her books, Beatrix Potter kept her own story locked carefully away. Directed by Chris Noonan and starring Academy Award winner Renee Zellwenger and Ewan McGregor, Miss Potter is the enchanting love story inspired by Beatrix Potter's life and love affair with her publisher Norman Warne.

Running Time: 1 Hour 28 Minutes

Wednesday 4th January:

A THOUSAND ACRES 

Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange

Synopsis: Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning best selling novel, A Thousand Acres follows the saga of the Cook family, headed by the indomitable patriarch, Larry Cook (Jason Robards). Cook's kingdom is a fertile farm that spans 1000 acres, but the seeds of its destruction are sown when he impulsively decides to distribute it among his three daughters. Ginny (Jessica Lange), Rose (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Caroline (Jennifer Jason Leigh). The apportioned land soon begins to divide the family. Long guarded secrets, unspoken rivalries and denied desires, buried just beneath the surface of their respective lives, are unwittingly unearthed, with profound, catastrophic and ultimately liberating repercussions.

Running Time: 1 Hour 40 minutes

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ITS COMPLICATED

 Starring: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin

Synopsis: Two-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin star in this hilarious look at marriage, divorce and everything in between. With a thriving bakery, a new romance and her divorce finally behind her, Jane Alder (Streep) has her life all figured out.... until her ex-husband Jake (Baldwin) decides he'll stop at nothing to win her back. From writer/director Nancy Meyers 'Its Complicated' is the feel good comedy hit that will leave you laughing out loud!

Running Time: 1 Hour 55 minutes

COCO CHANEL 

Starring Shirley MacLain & Malcolm McDowell

Synopsis: Coco Chanel is the rags-to-riches tale charting the rise of one of the most influential fashion icons of the 20th century. From her humble childhood in a French orphanage, through her early days as a young dressmaker's assistant, to her passionate and tragic love with a dashing Englishman and ultimately to her success as a pioneering icon. The story of a glamorous woman who was hard to love and harder to ignore.

Running Time: 1 Hour 31 minutes

THE DUCHESS

Starring: Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes

Synopsis: A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, an ancestor of Princess Diana who was alternately celebrated and reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. From Georgiana's passionate and doomed affair with Earl grey to the complex menage a trois with her husband and her best friend, Lady Bess Foster, 'The Duchess' is a very contemporary tale of fame, notoriety and the search for love.

Running Time: 1 Hour 45 minutes

(Future Films to be be added later)