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  • The Origin of Evil

    The Origin of Evil

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    Audience Comments:

    • Enjoyed the music and the setting
    • Too long sadly
    • Excellent acting performance
    • Disney for Adults (gave 8)
    • Sometimes I found Laure a bit obviously acting
    • Pure entertainment
    • What a shower!
    • Brilliant! Twist upon twist
    • She would not have made such a mistake at the end
    • Loved the twist
    • A pleasantly weird film. Excellent acting
    • Amazing film โ€“ fabulous cinematography, gripping and excellent (crazy!) characters
    • Superb!
    • Creative, cringeworthy, callous
  • The Promised Land

    The Promised Land

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    Audience Comments:

    • Glass wine glasses and comfy seats!
    • Too much blood for me really but the rest was really well done
    • Beautifully filmed and directed. Strange story of a manโ€™s obsession
    • I did find the violent scenes disturbing at the time but they needed to be there. An excellent film! Really good to learn about a new bit of history for me!
    • A strong start
    • Gosh! Something for everyone โ€“ except small children and impressionable adults!!
    • Completely gripping!
    • So sad, so bloody
    • Great film, Great seats, great vibes
    • Overlong, ending contrived but maybe true โ€“ violent and bloody โ€“ grand start
    • Grim but good
    • Dull plot, saved by some good performances
    • Much better venue โ€“ Great!!
    • A person who gave it 10 โ€“ Although I was completely distraught throughout and wouldnโ€™t watch it again โ€“ beautifully shot
    • The person who gave it 2 โ€“ circled โ€˜I loathed itโ€™
    • The person who gave it 4 โ€“ Too cliched! Dreadful script :(Everything thrown in the mix. Monty Python v Ingmar Bergman โ€“ Cheer up Mads!
  • Myย Favouriteย Cake

    Myย Favouriteย Cake

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    Audience Comments:

    • Most enjoyable and interesting
    • An interesting insight into life in Iran.
    • Amusing, but thought-provoking
    • A strange love story
    • Funny, sad, and a real insight
    • I loved it โ€“ a perfect end to the season!
  • Crossing

    Crossing

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    Audience Comments:

    • Brilliant!
    • Love the setting but story boring
    • Odyssey of discovery for characters and us
    • Interesting glimpse of different worldย 
    • Both sad and joyful.
    • Good music and heartfelt relationships
    • Haunting and thoughtful
  • Inย Theย Moodย Forย Love

    Inย Theย Moodย Forย Love

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    Audience Comments:

    • BEAUTIFUL
    • Full bowl of sweet and sour angst
    • Sad, bizzarreย 
    • Wonderful dresses. Her wardrobe must be the size of a small countryย 
    • Boring , pretentiousย 
    • Confusing and pointless
    • Terrible endingย 
    • Confused by Cambodiaย 
    • Elegiac masterpieceย 
    • Watching paint dry !
    • Sexy, hypnoticย 
    • Baffling travelogue
    • Claustrophobic
    • Enigmaticย 
    • Clever not to show spousesย 
    • Too slow
  • The Echo

    The Echo

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    Audience Comments:

    • Insightful (5 people used this wordย )
    • FARM LIFEย  ย ROCK HARD
    • Tender & affecting
    • Informativeย 
    • Beautiful & without judgement
    • Miserableย 
    • Honest hunter gathererย  stuff
    • Too long, nodded off
    • Cracking scenery
    • Another barrel of laughs
    • Too fractured
  • All We Imagineย Asย Light

    All We Imagineย Asย Light

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    Audience Comments:

    • Fell asleep, too slow, some poor acting, what on earth was the point?
    • Dull!
    • Good acting, boring story
    • Slow
    • Too Loud
    • 3 individuals from different backgrounds find friends, which is an old trope, but culturally different for me, I liked it, my partner not so much.
    • Bewildering, sad
    • Charming and Gentle
    • Less material wealth more human touch
    • Beautifully shot, well rounded female characters, didnโ€™t disappoint, just to note the film was mostly in Malayalam with Hindi Marathi dialogue
    • Mesmerising
    • Wonderful
    • Lots of wisdom and beautifully acted
  • Nostalgia

    Nostalgia

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  • Clara Sola

    Clara Sola

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  • Close

    Close

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