Friday 27th March the film being shown in Badby Village Hall is A Real Pain (2024) Two mismatched cousins reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother, but their old tensions resurface against a backdrop of their family history. Directed, written by and starring Jesse Eisenberg, supported by Kieran Culkin. [90 mins, 15 certificate]
Saturday 11th April is Verdi’s Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) (2013). “High flown, sprawling melodrama packed with all manner of fantastic and bizarre incident.” One of the world’s most frequently performed operas, best known for its so-called ‘Anvil Chorus’. Elijah Moshinsky’s vivid interpretation for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, stars José Cura, Veronica Villarroel, Yvonne Naef & Dmitri Hvorostovsky. ( part of the Supper at the Opera series)
Friday 24th April is The Choral (2025). A choral society’s male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding choirmaster to recruit teenagers to perform Edward Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription into the army. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, screenplay by Alan Bennett, it stars Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam and Simon Russell Beale. “A quiet and consistent pleasure: an unsentimental but deeply felt drama… A beautiful, transcendent film.”
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