AN evening of film and food is coming up at the Batcombe Film Society in March.
Organisers said, “In March, it’s our popular evening of film and food. On Saturday 18th March, we will serve a French meal followed by a screening of After Love, a sympathetic portrait of a widow left reeling by discovery of her husband’s secret life.
“Mary (Joanna Scanlan) and her ferry-captain husband are a middle-aged Muslim couple living quietly in Dover, she having converted to Islam in order to marry Ahmed. After she is suddenly widowed, Mary goes through Ahmed’s belongings and on emptying his wallet comes across an ID card belonging to a French woman and finds intimate sounding voicemails on his phone. Shocked but curious, Mary travels to France to locate the address on the ID card and meets a woman called Genevieve (Nathalie Richard).
“Sensitively directed by Khan, After Love is an accomplished, elegantly realised and insightful drama about the possibilities of connection across physical and cultural barriers.”
Tickets cost £10 for members and £15 for non-members. To book, email suemc@gmx.com by Friday 10th March. Doors open at 6pm with the meal being served at 6.30pm.
(Aleem Khan / 2020 / 90 mins / 12) Batcombe Jubilee Hall.
