Rothley Community Library
Film Club at The Rothley Centre
Please tick up to 6 films
I, DANIEL BLAKE 2016
The eponymous Daniel is an affable, 59-year-old carpenter in Newcastle, fighting to collect his Employment and Support
Allowance after falling ill. Waiting to sign on at the local Job Centre, Daniel befriends Katie, a young single mother who is
also being shoved around by the vagaries of the system, having just been relocated with her two kids from a London
homeless shelter to an affordable council flat . A mutually beneficial alliance, and makeshift extended family, is formed.
A UNITED KINGDOM 2016
The film is based on extraordinary true events. In 1947, Seretse Khama, the King of Botswana, met Ruth Williams, a
London office worker. They were a perfect match, yet their proposed marriage was challenged not only by their families
but by the British and South African governments. The latter had recently introduced the policy of apartheid and found
the notion of a biracial couple ruling a neighboring country intolerable. South Africa threatened the British: either thwart
the couple or be denied access to South African uranium and gold and face the risk of South Africa invading Botswana.
Stars Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, Tom Felton
SULLY 2016
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain "Sully" Sullenberger glided his
disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was
being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding
that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career. Stars Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, Aaron Eckhart
STARFISH 2016
Starfish is a 2016 British drama film written and directed by Bill Clark, and starring Tom Riley and Joanne Froggatt. It is
based on a true story, follows a family who are thrown into turmoil as the husband contracts sepsis, a damaging illness.
LION 2016
Five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family.
Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty five years
later, with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google
Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home. Stars Dev Patel Rooney Mara , Nicole Kidman
THEIR FINEST 2016
The year is 1940, Britain.The British ministry turns to propaganda films to boost morale at home. Realizing their films
could use "a woman's touch", the ministry hires Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) as a scriptwriter in charge of writing the
female dialogue. Although her artist husband looks down on her job, Catrin's natural flair quickly gets her noticed by
charming lead scriptwriter Buckley (Sam Claflin). Catrin and Buckley set out to make an epic feature film based on the
Battle of Dunkirk starring pretentious fading movie star Ambrose Hilliard (Bill Nighy). As bombs are dropping all around
them, Catrin, Buckley and crew work furiously to make a film that will warm the hearts of the nation
THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE 2017
The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland,
Antonina Zabinski and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care.
When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are stunned - and forced to report to the Reich's newly
appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. To fight back on their own terms, the Zabinskis covertly begin working with the
Resistance - and put into action plans to save lives out of what has become the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting
herself and her family at great risk. Stars Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenberg, Daniel Bruhl
THE BFG 2016 (possible film for a Half Term )
The Big Friendly Giant is nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and
a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part. Sophie, a precocious 10-yearold girl from London, is initially frightened of the mysterious giant who has brought her to his cave, but soon comes to
realize that the BFG is actually quite gentle and charming. Having both been on their own in the world up until now, their
affection for one another quickly grows, but Sophie's presence in Giant Country has attracted the unwanted attention of
the other giants, who have become increasingly more bothersome. Together, they come up with a plan to get rid of the
giants once and for all.
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS 2016 (possible film for a Half Term )
Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday in the Lake District with their mother. When finally given
permission to camp on their own on a remote island in the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they get
there they discover they may not be alone... As a desperate battle for ownership of the island ensues, the real dangers of
an adult world on the brink of war encroach on their paradise in the form of a mysterious pair of Russian spies hot on the
tail of the enigmatic Jim Turner. As the sleepy British summer is turned on its head, the children must learn skills of
survival, responsibility, and the all-important value of friendship. Steeped in the wonder of a child's imagination and set
against the breath-taking backdrop of the Lakes, this is an exhilarating adaptation of a treasured classic.