The film is based on Anton Chekhov’s classic play.
One summer at a picturesque lakeside Russian estate, friends and family gather for a weekend in the countryside.
While everyone is caught up in passionately loving someone who loves someone else, a tragic comedy unfolds about art, fame, human folly, and the eternal desire to live a purposeful life.
The Seagull (M), will screen in an afternoon matinee on Friday, February 22, at 1.30pm. Tickets are $10 and include afternoon tea following the film.
The second film screening during the weekend is, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot (M), based on a rewarding true story, which despite the tragic overtones, is an uplifting one.
After nearly dying in a car accident, the last thing Oregon slacker John Callahan intends to do is give up alcohol. Encouraged by his girlfriend and a charismatic sponsor, he reluctantly enters a treatment program and discovers that he has the knack for drawing.
He soon finds himself with a new lease of life when his edgy and irreverent newspaper cartoons gain a national and devoted following.
These films will screen on Saturday, February 22, at 7pm and on Sunday, February 23, at 6pm.
On the weekend of February 1, 2 and 3 an epic tale on a grand scale is screening.
Cold War (M) is set against the background of the cold war in 1950s Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, with sensuous music binding the film together.
Exquisitely shot in tantalising black and white and set on a chilly backdrop of icy snow, the film is cinematic and poetic as it canvasses the push-pull attraction between a man and a woman and the love of country.
The claustrophobic fog of the Cold War hovers throughout.
This highly acclaimed film has been nominated for three Oscars, has won 30 other film awards and has had 74 award nominations in total.
Screening second is Loro, (MA15+).
Loro (which translates as ‘‘Them’’) offers a timely commentary on the excesses and follies of the power hungry.
In this instance the life and times of Silvio Berlusconi is explored through a dazzling, topical and no-holds barred look at life in Italy under the glistening eye of modern Europe’s most infamous politician.
Don’t miss the BAFTA-award winning, The Favourite (MA15+), starring Olivia Coleman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone, screening on February 9 and 10 including a Sunday afternoon matinee.
The candy bar always opens half an hour before screening, and the cinema volunteers have stocked the freezers with the famous home-made Swanpool choc-top ice-creams.
●For more information, go to www.swanpoolcinema.com.au or phone the cinema on (03)57682415.
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