Another day in the dark …
by David Underdown
On the last Saturday of January (the 28th) Corrie Film Society will be reprising last year’s successful mini film festival, A Day in the Dark. This year there is a unifying theme – all the films relate in some way to childhood – but the programme has been selected to provide an eclectic mix of genres (thriller, drama, comedy, documentary, animated), vintage (from the 1950s to 2010) and nationality (English, Scottish, American, French, Swedish and Italian) – something for everyone in fact.
Like last year the programme is designed to allow people to drop in for an hour or two or, for those with the stamina, to make a full day of it. We will kick off at 10.30 am with some classic Tom and Jerry cartoons before the main feature in the morning session, the mystery thriller A Cat in Paris. After lunch (soup will be provided but bring along anything else you fancy) there will be a short documentary called The Singing Streets with archive footage from the 1950s of Scottish children’s skipping songs followed by The Kidnappers, a drama about two young orphans living with a stern grandfather in pre-First World War Nova Scotia.
The afternoon continues with The Hedgehog, a moving story about love and the beauty of unexpected friendships seen through the eyes of an 11 year old girl, and is rounded off by My Life As A Dog, a delightful Swedish comedy about a boy sent away to live with his relatives. After a supper break (food will be provided but feel free to bring along something to share) the final film will be the Taviani brothers’ classic Padre Padrone based on a true story of a Sardinian shepherd boy who defies his tyrannical father to find a better life.
As last year this is a free event that is open to non-members, though donations towards the cost of staging the event will be gratefully received.
The provisional programme is below but the precise schedule may vary so please check nearer the time:
- 10.30 Tom & Jerry (USA) (Cert U)
- 11.00 A Cat in Paris (France 2010) (Cert PG)
- 12.30 Lunch break
- 1.30 Singing Streets (Scotland) (Cert U)
- 2.00 The Kidnappers (UK 1953) (Cert U)
- 3.30 Tea break
- 3.45 The Hedgehog (France 2009) (Cert 12A)
- 5.45 My Life As A Dog (Sweden 1985) (Cert PG)
- 7.15 Supper break
- 8.15 Padre Padrone (Italy 1977) (Cert 18)
