February 3 2012
Oranges and Sunshine (UK/Australia 2010). 104 mins. Dir: Jim Loach. Cert. 15
Sponsor: LFS member
Jim Loach's first feature proves that it's not just dad Ken who can make a film with a social conscience. In this powerful debut, he brings to the screen the true story of Margaret Humphreys, Nottingham social worker, who exposed the shameful policy (pursued by both UK and Australian governments up to the late 1970s) of removing children from their families and relocating them to Australia, because it was thought 'to be in their best interests...'
Starring: Emily Watson, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving
February 17 2012
Vincere (Italy 2009). 124 mins. Dir: Marco Bellocchio. Cert 15
Sponsor: J. D. Jackson - Electronics
February seems to be the month of films about cover ups. Hard on the heels of 'Oranges and Sunshine' comes this story of how Mussolini, having fallen in love with one woman and produced a son, became Duce and all round good Italian, married again and then decided that his first lady was in the way...
Starring: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi, Fausto Russo-Alesi |
