What's on and Where: Nov 6-7

13 April 2012

Opening Night Gala:

An illegal Nigerian immigrant discovers unpalatable side of London life. 7pm Odeon Leicester Square and Thur 7 Nov 3.30pm OWE2

Thursday 7 November

Aike

A wheelchair-bound drop-out becomes a martial arts pupil. 4.15pm and 8.45pm NFT1

Nearest and Dearest Short film compilation. 2pm and 6.30pm NFT1

Policeman(Keisatsukan)

Fatalistic cop drama - a silent film noir preserved by Tokyo's National Film Centre. 6pm and Sat 9 Nov 2pm NFT3

Daniel Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Film-makers - Where has your hidden smile gone?

Profile of enigmatic European film-makers. 1.45pm NFT2 and Sat 9 Nov 2pm ICA1

Autumn Spring Vlastimil Brodsky. Dir: Vladimir Michalek, Czech Republic. 97min. A retired couple's penchant for practical jokes turns horribly sour. 2pm NFT3 and 6.15pm NFT2

The Cage

A woman released from prison embarks on a journey in the Alps. 4pm NFT3 and Fri 8 Nov 6.30pm Cine Lumiere

Time Out First Night / The Man Without a Past Markku Peltola. Dir: Aki Kaurismaki, Finland/Ger/Fr. 97min. A homeless amnesiac attempts to put his life back together. 6.15pm and Fri 8 Nov 1pm OWE2

Leo

An ex con and a college professor are haunted by their past lives. 4pm and 9pm OWE1

Laissez-Passer (Safe Conduct) Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydes. Dir: Bertrand Tavernier, Fr. 170min. Drama set in the French film industry during the Second World War. 8.30pm OWE2

The Last Letter(La Derniere Letter)

A doctor sends her son a detailed account of Ukraine's Jewish ghetto under German occupation. 1.30pm and 6.45pm OWE1

The Quiet American Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser Dir: Phillip Noyce, US. 105min Adaptation of Graham Greene novel, Caine as a jaded British hack falling in love in Fifties Vietnam. 1pm also Sat 9 Nov OWE2

Sicily! (Sicilia!)

Playful interpretation of classic anti-Fascist novel. 4pm NFT2 and Sat 9 Nov 4.15pm ICA1

The Age of Consent Dorothy Wilson. Dir: Gregory LaCava, US (1932). 63min. Youthful sexual frustration, just before 1934 production code regulated American motion picture content. Showing with Ten Cents a Dance, Barbara Stanwyck for hire in Depression era America. 8.30pm and Fri 8 Nov 1.30pm NFT3

Jiyan

A Kurdish American builds an orphanage in town ravaged by chemical attack. 8.30pm NFT2

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