November Parwich Film Show
THE HAPPY PRINCE
The last days of Oscar Wilde — and the ghosts that haunted them — are vividly evoked in Rupert Everett’s directorial debut. Everett gives a career defining performance as Wilde, physically and emotionally embodying the literary genius as he lives out his last days in exile in Europe. His body ailing and heavy, his mind spinning, he survives by falling back on the flamboyant irony and brilliant wit that defined him. He reviews the flailed attempt to reconcile with his wife Constance, the ensuing reprisal of his fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and the warmth and devotion of Robbie Ross who tried and foiled to save him from himself. From Dieppe to Naples to Paris, freedom is elusive and Oscar is a penniless vagabond, always moving on, shunned by his old acquaintances, but revered by a strange group of outlaws and urchins to whom he tells the old stories – his incomparable wit still sharp
Certificate 15
Starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson
The Guardian **** Directed by and starring Everett, this poignant dramatisation of Wilde’s final years in exile is a powerful parable of passion and redemption
FRIDAY 23rd November 7.45PM
Free Entrance. Refreshments. Raffle
Parwich Memorial Hall
- Silent projection
- Hi Fi Sound
- Special hi-fi headphones for those with hearing difficulties, please ask.
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