Director: Sara Colangelo
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak, Gael García Bernal
Facing midlife crisis, Lisa is drifting as a teacher and failing to impress at the literature class she attends – until she passes off the poems of five-year-old pupil Jimmy as her own. Deciding the boy is a genius, she’s determined to nurture and mould his talent, whereas his father would rather give him a normal, happy childhood. Her attempts to get closer to Jimmy backfire, fuelling a dangerous obsession… Gyllenhaal’s superb performance is the driving force of a psychodrama that will leave you “mesmerised, unsettled” (The Observer).
A level of daring we don’t often see – ★★★★★ Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian
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The programme will also include our current BRIT School Showcase film Parole (12A), directed by Lea Georgiev & Persephone Wood.
David Lean Cinema, Croydon on Tuesday 28 May 2019
Show starts at 7.30 pm, ticket prices £7.50, £6.00 (concessions), £5.00 aged 25 and under.
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