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Day 4 • Marriage Story • Zero Impunity • Meeting Gorbachev • By the Grace of God • The Two Popes • Somebody's Daughter |
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Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach directs this incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. At turns funny, at other painful, Marriage Story is a perfect vehicle for the two leads: Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver as a couple embroiled in a bitter bicoastal divorce. With echoes of Ingmar Bergman, this is arguably Baumbach's finest film to date. It's been a hit on the festival cicruit and has had outstanding reviews from the critics.
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"Audiences might expect a mercilessly bleak view of married life, but Baumbach’s go-to mode is never despair, even when Marriage Story is desperately sad. There’s incidental humour both physical and situational, here, and a sprightly touch is the Baumbach way." – Sight and Sound
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Sunday 20th • 9.00pm • Arts Picturehouse Tickets
Tuesday 22nd • 1.00pm • The Light Tickets
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UK Premiere.
Rape and sexual assault have been present in many conflicts across the globe, constantly being ignored by the powers-that-be and often going unpunished. An animated documentary, Zero Impunity is a call to action to join a growing global movement that demands zero tolerance for sexual violence in warzones. Featuring inspiring victims, social workers and activists worldwide, who have the courage to engage, resist and mobilize. Their stories confront us with the horrendous mechanics of international institutions and age-old war and interrogation practices.
Sunday 20th • 8.45pm • Arts Picturehouse Tickets Thursday 24th • 10.00am • Arts Picturehouse Tickets
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Using a wealth of archive footage, Herzog charts Gorbachev’s extraordinary rise to power from humble beginnings. He also talks with the former leader about his historic role in bringing about the end of the Cold War and, more controversially, the collapse of the Soviet Union. How does Gorbachev view his achievements in retrospect? A fascinating encounter which yields poignant insights, both personal and political.
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"Meeting Gorbachev is a hagiography, but it’s unafraid to position itself as such; Herzog makes his case proudly and passionately.” – Vulture
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Monday 21st • 9.00pm • Arts Picturehouse Tickets Wednesday 23rd • 3.30pm • The Light Tickets
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Winner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival 2019.
Filmmaker François Ozon returns with this engrossing and topical examination of the Catholic Church abuse scandal, telling the story of three friends who pursue justice for the abuse they suffered as children. When Alexandre learns that the priest who abused him when he was in the scouts is still working with children, he decides to take action. Joining forces with two other victims of the priest, François and Emmanuel, he sets out to “lift the burden of silence” surrounding their ordeal. But the repercussions and consequences will leave no one unscathed.
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"This is a social justice film made with purposeful conviction and a quiet, never strident, sense of indignation." – The Hollywood Reporter
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Monday 21st • 9.15pm • Arts Picturehouse Tickets
Tuesday 22nd • 10.00am • Arts Picturehouse Tickets
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Following his hit biopics of Stephen Hawking, Winston Churchill and rock band Queen, Anthony McCarten turns his pen to the anomaly of the two popes, Benedict and Francis both alive at the same time; an occurrence not seen for almost 600 years. What really happened behind the Vatican walls when Pope Benedict decided not to die in post and summoned his critic and ultimate successor to discuss the future of the Catholic Church?
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"What makes The Two Popes so delightful, other than the very funny script, is watching two seasoned actors play off each other for two hours. Both Hopkins and Pryce illustrate what the craft of acting is really about. It isn’t just showing up with charisma and holding the attention of the audience. Any movie star can do that. But these two are world class career character actors. There isn’t anything they can’t do." – TheWrap
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Sunday 21st • 8.30pm • The Light Tickets
Tuesday 22nd • 3.00pm • Arts Picturehouse Tickets
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We are delighted to welcome lead actor Aina Clotet for a Q&A following the film on Tuesday October 22nd.
Somebody's Daughter is the graduation project of a group of filmmakers from the Catalan school of cinema, but so striking is its achievement that it secured a cinema release, garnering critical acclaim and festival awards. Aina Clotet commands the film, portraying a young, pregnant solicitor frantically searching for her missing father and discovering hidden truths about her family, on a physical and emotional journey that takes the audience with her.
Tuesday 22nd • 6.00pm • Arts Picturehouse Tickets
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Explore this year's treasure trove of 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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