23 Jun Winchcombe Film Society
“One Life”
Friday, 25th July. 7:00pm
Abbey Fields Community Centre
Tickets: £2.50 per person non-members
Tea and coffee available and wine (£2 a glass) from 7:00pm onwards
The true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion. He immediately realized it was a race against time. How many children could he and the team rescue before the borders closed? Fifty years later, it’s 1988 and Nicky lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England; always blaming himself for not doing more. It’s not until a live BBC television show, ‘That’s Life’, surprises him by introducing him to some surviving children – now adults – that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades.
Director: James Hawes (2023)
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Lena Olin, Johnny Flynn
Length: 109minutes
Language: English
The film will start at 7:30pm
There will be an optional discussion afterwards.
Membership costs £30 per person for a full year of 12 films, or pro rata (ie £2.50 per month from your first film), with no further admission charge. You can join on the night, but it’s easy to pay with a card reader on the day or pay by BACS to Winchcombe Film Society, sort code 40-63-01, account 51056231, giving your name as reference.
Wine is available at just £2 a glass and free tea and coffee is served from 7:00pm to 7:20pm, with screenings at 7:30pm, usually after a short introduction to the film.
Members can also borrow any of nearly 200 DVDs of top-rated films without charge.
We welcome new members and visitors who may attend their first meeting free, but are asked to contribute toward the cost of refreshments. Admission thereafter is by membership only; we cannot accept individual admission payments due to licensing restrictions.
For more information, contact the Membership and treasurer at suehilton90@gmail.com