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The captivating YOU GO TO MY HEAD
Following a mysterious car accident in the desert, Dafne is diagnosed with post-traumatic amnesia. Jake, the first person she sees when she regains consciousness, tells her he is her husband. While Dafne struggles to remember who she is, Jake invents an elaborate life they can share – the life he has always yearned for. But when fragments of her past begin to surface, Jake increasingly lives in fear of losing the love of his life.
"Intriguing, sensual, subtle, and visually stunning."
We are pleased to announce that filmmaker Dimitri de Clercq will be attending the screening on Thursday. Book here.
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| The bewitching HAPPY AS LAZZARO
This is the tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simpleminded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination.
"Alice Rohrwacher’s supernatural, sun-drenched folk tale of the birth of modern Italy is as sublime as it is beautiful…With a rich, textured plot in which things are never quite what they seem, Rohrwacher paints a magical portrait of the decay of rural life, intertwining the past and the present in a work that is as exhilarating as it is sublime." Time Out.
Screening on Tuesday and Wednesday. Book here.
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| | Career-best performance by Maggie Gyllenhaal in THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
40-year-old Lisa Spinelli spends her days teaching in a kindergarten with growing numbness. Her one source of joy is an evening poetry class. When she discovers that a five-year-old in her class may be a poetic prodigy, Lisa is first fascinated, then obsessed, as she struggles to protect him from neglectful parents and a plagiarizing babysitter. Soon she finds herself risking her career, family and freedom to nurture his artistic promise. Gyllenhaal propels the film forward with a beguiling performance, proving once again that she’s one of the most watchable actors working today.
"Rippling with psychological complexity and sneaky humor, this is a rich character study that takes constantly surprising turns"
Screening on Tuesday and Thursday. Book here.
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| | The dynamic RAFIKI
Although banned in its home country of Kenya, this love story between two teenage girls received a standing ovation at Cannes. Rafiki is based on the short story by Ugandan author Monica Arac de Nyeko, and director Wanuri Kahiu brings the secret relationship between Kena and Ziki to life on the politically-charged streets of Nairobi. The chemistry between the two characters sparkles with tenderness in a love story which has never been told in this context before.
Part of Cambridge African Film Festival.
"Vibrant, compassionate, and joyous"
Screening on Tuesday. Book here.
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| | Slavery is a European invention and still exists. Filmmaker Bernadett Tuza-Ritter encounters Eta in Hungary, a woman proud of keeping domestic slaves. Violent, abusive, and manipulative, Eta has stripped 53-year-old Marish of her belongings, her family and her identity. As trust builds between Marish and the filmmaker, Marish begins to contemplate a dangerous bid for freedom.
We are delighted that filmmaker Bernadett Tuza-Ritter will attend the screenings for a Q&A with the audience.
"An unequivocally powerful and very moving film"
Screening on Sunday and Monday. Book here.
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| | The stylish BURNING
Fresh from this year’s Cannes Film Festival comes Burning, an audacious film about class and sexual longings, based on the short story Barn Burning by Haruki Murakami. Jong-soo, a part-time worker, runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighbourhood. She asks him to watch her cat while she is on a trip to Africa. After Hae-mi returns, JongSoo is dismayed when she introduces him to Ben, a mysterious man she met on the trip. One day, when Ben visits Jong-soo he confesses his own secret hobby.
"A great film, engrossing, suspenseful, and strange."
Screening on Monday and Tuesday. Book here.
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| | The moving BEAUTIFUL BOY
Based on the critically acclaimed 2008 memoir Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff, Beautiful Boy is a harrowing film about a father’s torment at witnessing his son’s downward spiral, succumbing to the effects of crystal meth and heroin. Actors Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet excel in the roles of David and his son Nic, delivering a marvellously sensitive, largely quiet tour de force, as they take us on a journey of love, pain and hope, navigating through moments of happiness and of utter despair, moments of rehab and relapse. A truly inspiring story of survival and recovery as a family copes with addiction over many years.
"Sensitive filmmaking, astute acting and sharp first-person perspective makes this film darkly haunting."
Screening on Monday and Wednesday. Book here.
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| | Explore the treasure trove of all our Festival films on our website.
The Cambridge Film Festival is presented by the Cambridge Film Trust, a registered charity with a mission to foster film culture and education for the benefit of the public, in Cambridge and the Eastern region but also throughout the UK. |
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