Albatross
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Director: Niall MacCormick.
Starring: Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond, Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findley.
United Kingdom, 2011.
90 mins. English
Vivacious 17-year-old Emilia (Findlay) works at The Cliff House, run by a squabbling couple Jonathan (Sebastian Koch, from THE LIVES OF OTHERS), his wife Joa (Julia Ormond) and their
children. Emilia’s sense of adventure soon has an impact on the family. She begins an affair with Jonathan that threatens to have devastating consequences, and, finding herself at the
middle of a family set to implode, she must face up to truths of her own background as well as the implications of her actions.
"Echoes of David Leland’s much-loved 1987 British feature Wish You Were Here very deliberately come through in accomplished comedy drama Albatross, which features a star-in-the-making performance by film newcomer Jessica Brown Findlay.”
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children. Emilia’s sense of adventure soon has an impact on the family. She begins an affair with Jonathan that threatens to have devastating consequences, and, finding herself at the
middle of a family set to implode, she must face up to truths of her own background as well as the implications of her actions.
"Echoes of David Leland’s much-loved 1987 British feature Wish You Were Here very deliberately come through in accomplished comedy drama Albatross, which features a star-in-the-making performance by film newcomer Jessica Brown Findlay.”
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Screenings
Cineworld
Friday 23 September, 6:00PM
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