From
the Page to the Screen
a series of film
screenings at the Writers Centre
main
feature every Tuesday at 7pm
*short film to precede
main feature at 6.30pm
Donation
of 10 LE for event
We are very pleased to
announce the 2nd film in the series of film screenings at
the Writers Centre, showing films that have been taken from novels.
The main feature will
start each Tuesday at 7pm sharp.
There will a short
introduction about the novel and the director and there can be some
discussion after the event.
We also seek to precede
all main features with a short film from an unknown or emerging
director. So, if you have a short film you would like to screen
please email me with details.
Tuesday
19th
March
Short film
at 6.30pm
A Separate
Peace
Director Hind Metwalli -
based on the novel by John Knowles
Gene and Finny are roommates and
friends at a prestigious New England boarding school. Gene is a
lonely, introverted intellectual who has ambitions of becoming
valedictorian. However, his efforts to study are constantly thwarted
by carefree, extroverted, athlete Finny. It is the year 1942, and
with WWII raging around them, the boys have managed to create a safe
haven from the harsh reality of war. However, this sanctuary is
threatened when Gene begins to suspect that Finny’s distractions
are a conscious effort to sabotage him.
Hind Metwalli graduated from the
American University in Cairo with a Bachelor’s in Political
Science. She then went on to study Film Production at the New York
Film Academy and the University of Southern California. She currently
lives in Cairo, Egypt and is working on an upcoming feature film
project.
Main Feature at 7pm
Norwegian
Wood
Director Tran
Anh Hung - taken from the novel of the same name by Haruki Murakami
A story of love and heartbreak in a time of global
instability.
Haruki murakami's bestselling novel is brought to the screen by
tran anh hung (golden lion winner for cyclo and academy award nominee
for The Scent Of Green Papaya and features Japanese rising star
Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note, Detroit Metal City) and Oscar nominee
Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) alongside newcomer Kiko Mizuhara.
Tokyo, the late 1960s... Students around the world are uniting to
overthrow the establishment and Toru Watanabe's personal life is
similarly in tumult. At heart, he is deeply devoted to his first
love, Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman. But their
complex bond has been forged by the tragic death of their best friend
years before. Watanabe lives with the influence of death everywhere.
That is, until Midori, a girl who is everything that Naoko is not -
outgoing, vivacious, supremely self-confident - marches into his life
and Watanabe must choose between his past and his future.
Link here:
http://norwegianwoodmovie.com/
Other films in the series
will include (not particularly in this order):
The Dreamers - director
Bernardo Bertolluci – novel of same name by Gilbert
Adair
Sheltering Sky - director Bernardo Bertolluci – novel of
same name by Paul Bowles
Farenheit 451 – director Francois
Truffaut - novel of same name by Ray Bradbury
Room With a View -
director James Ivory - novel of same name by EM Forster
Passage to
India - director David Lean - novel of same name by EM Forster
See
you all there!!! :))
