IN MEMORY OF HUGH HUDSON | CHARIOTS OF FIRE
– Free session –
ROYAUME-UNI | UK | 1981 | 119’
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided United Kingdom of the early 1920s, two young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian, sees running as part of his worship of God’s glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart Sybil.
IN MEMORY OF JULIAN SANDS | ROOM WITH A VIEW
– Free session –
Lucy Honeychurch, a young Englishwoman, is touring Italy with her older cousin. At a hotel in Florence, Lucy meets the charming and free-spirited George Emerson. Although intrigued by George, once she’s back in England Lucy ponders settling down with the wealthy, staid Cecil Vyse. When George reappears in her life, Lucy must decide between him and Cecil. Based on E. M. Forster’s novel A Room with a View
