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City Of God
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The international resurgence of Latin American cinema shows no signs of slowing down. Following 'Central Station', 'Amores Perros', 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' and 'Nine Queens' comes an exhilarating Brazilian drama, 'City of God'. Based on Paulo Lins's sprawling novel and spanning three decades, it's an epic account of the growth of organised drug-dealing in a slum housing project, the so-called City of God in Rio de Janeiro.
31 Aug 7.00 ACE, Edinburgh
Hobson's Choice
Date Location
This working-class comedy charts the descent into alcoholism of Henry Hobson (Laughton), a boot maker in 19th century Salford. Delightful screen version of Harold Brighouse's popular play.
29 Aug–30 Aug Fri 3.30; Sat 5.45 Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Ikiru
Date Location
Gentle comedy about a terminally ill bureaucrat who seeks to give his dreary life vibrancy and meaning.
29 Aug–30 Aug Fri 2.15 & 6.00; Sat 6.00 Filmhouse, Edinburgh
The New World
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Malick's epic is quickly recognisable as the story of Pocahontas, the Native American girl who risked her life to show mercy to intruder John Smith when he faced certain death at the hands of her tribe. Filmed 25 years after he originally wrote the script, this is an exquisitely realised past look but the casting is pure folly. Despite its winning heroine, the male stars offer barely a spark between them, leaving a gaping hole where there should be an authentic romantic heart.
3 Sep Wed 8.25 Filmhouse, Edinburgh
A Passage To India
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Meticulous adaptation of E.M. Forster has Australian Judy Davis cast as the young woman travelling through the sub-continent with her fiancé's stuffy mother (Ashcroft). Overlong and over-rated, for all its attention to detail, this numbingly slow latter-day Lean seriously fudges the crucial scene in the Malabar Caves. A disappointment.
3 Sep–4 Sep Wed 2.15; Thu 5.45 Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Ryan's Daughter
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Well staged, acted, written (by Robert Bolt) and directed romantic drama with a huge budget that's so verrrrrrrrry long. Set in a rural Irish community in 1916, Miles is the schoolmaster's wife who falls for an English army officer which causes all kinds of problems in the community.
30 Aug–31 Aug Sat 1.30; Sun 7.30 Filmhouse, Edinburgh
This is England
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Lonely Shaun (Turgoose), a 12-year-old boy growing up in the era of Thatcherism, race riots and The Falklands War, falls in with skinheads. This is a beautifully characterised and realised morality tale about what happens when fundamentally decent belief systems get reinterpreted by morons but it begins to run out of steam in its final third.
29 Aug–4 Sep 1.10 Cameo, Edinburgh

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