Sunset Song (UK, 2015) ~ Point Arena

Sunset Song is an intimate epic of hope, tragedy and love at the dawning of the Great War. A young woman’s endurance against the hardships of rural Scottish life, based on the novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, told with gritty poetic realism by Britain’s greatest living auteur. The film takes place during the early years of the twentieth century, with the conflicts and choices a young woman experiences reflecting the struggle between tradition and change; a struggle that continues to resonate today.

Film Club screenings are preceded by a movie trivia quiz and followed by an audience discussion.

The Arena Theater Film Club is a membership-based film society which meets the first, second and fourth Mondays of most months at the Arena Theater to screen and discuss a variety of movies, including recent independent releases, classics and foreign films.

Director: Terence Davies
Rated: R for sexuality, nudity and some violence
Runtime: 135 minutes
Cast: Peter Mullan, Agyness Deyn, Mark Bonnar

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