Presented in collaboration with Brent & Harrow PSC.
Sunday's screening will have a live introduction by producer, curator and founder of Hakawati, Elhum Shakerifar.
This film is part of a season celebrating the films of Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir (Palestine 36), running from January to March.
You can find the other films in the season and information about our wider year-long season spotlighting international female filmmakers, here.
Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather’s savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Stubborn, passionate and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of “returning” to Palestine. Once there, slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it’s illegal. In this quest for life, we follow their trail through remains of Palestine.
This prize winning film is the debut feature length work from Annemarie Jacir (Like Twenty Impossibles) it premiered at Cannes to critical acclaim. Featuring Palestinian poet Suheir Hammad and emerging Palestinian star Saleh Bakri (Palestine 36, The Blue Caftan) in their first lead roles, Jacir’s film also picked up twelve international awards and was theatrically released in Europe, the US, and Asia.
Original languages: Arabic and English
Presented with English subtitles when dialogue is not in English
Celebrate the modern master of melodrama and his iconic collaborators.
Ahead of next year's release of his newest film: Amarga Navidad, The Lexi will be celebrating Pedro Almodóvar, the modern master of melodrama with a focus on the women he has directed. The activity will spotlight the performances of Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Cecilia Roth and Penélope Cruz across four of their iconic collaborations with Pedro.
Join us throughout December for:
TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! (1989) (Sun 30 Nov, Mon 1 & Wed 3 Dec)
THE FLOWER OF MY SECRET (1995) (Sun 7, Mon 8 & Wed 10 Dec)
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (1999) (Sun 14, Mon 15 & Wed 17 Dec)
VOLVER (2006) (Sun 21 & Mon 22 Dec)
All Sunday screenings will feature an introduction and tickets are only £10. Escape the winter blues with four trips to sunny Spain!
