THE Batcombe Film Society open the 2023/24 season on Friday 22nd September with a gentle comedy drama celebrating cinema, called Winners.
One of the organisers Liz Hunt said, “In 2017 the director Asghar Farhadi won an Oscar for The Salesman but boycotted the ceremony in protest at Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim travel ban, so the statuette was brought to Iran by a producer. Winners is a charming account of what might have happened to it on arrival.
“The film is set in a remote Padeh village on the edge of the Kavir desert and features characters such as nine-year-old Yahya, his friend Leyla and scrap dealers, Saber and disillusioned Naser.”
The film was financed entirely in the UK and filmed on location in the director’s home-town of Garmsar with local actors.
Batcombe Jubilee Hall BA4 6HE, doors open 7pm for 7.45pm screening. For further information, please contact Liz Hunt 01749 850304.
(dir. Hassan Nazer / 2022 / 85 mins / PG).
