A drama about grief, loss, and addiction. This film follows the process of Alcoholics Anonymous. Includes healing, reconciliation, and forgiveness after tragedy. Starring Morgan Freeman and Florence Pugh
Come and watch these acclaimed films with others, and then discuss together how they connect with faith and life today. All over a light tea – soup & rolls.
Six Wednesdays in the Tui Room, St Barnabas Centre, 8 Tui Street, Fendalton. 6.30pm, except for June 12th 6pm for Oppenheimer.
Please bring finger food to share. Soup and rolls provided. Koha appreciated. Group discussion following the film.
All welcome. Bring your whānau and friends.
Enquiries and RSVP to Don Rowlands: 03 388 6882 / 027 688 2061 or rowlands.donald1@gmail.com
The films are as follows:
June 5, 6:30pm – A GOOD PERSON (2023) 122min
A drama about grief, loss, and addiction. This film follows the process of Alcoholics Anonymous. Includes healing, reconciliation, and forgiveness after tragedy. CW: road accident, sex and drug use. Starring Morgan Freeman and Florence Pugh
June 12, 6pm (note early start!) – OPPENHEIMER (2023) 173min
Oscar Best Film. Making of the atomic bomb that led to Hiroshima and leaves our world at the brink of destruction. The moral dilemma. Starring Cilian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon.
June 19, 6.30pm – THE WONDER (2022) 103min
Set in Ireland in the 1860’s after the famine. An English nurse is summoned to investigate the “miracle girl”. It is claimed she survives without food, by manna from heaven. Drawn into the pain of a child suffering. Starring Florence Pugh, Tom Burke
June 26, 6.30pm – BABETTE’S FEAST (1987) 102min
A community of puritan Lutherans in the 1870’s. Babette, a young, female refugee from France becomes their cook. She brings God’s warmth and light. Oscar foreign film (Denmark. English subtitles).
By Andy Dickson
