Mildura Film Society

Flow
RATING:G Some scenes may scare very young children
RUNTIME: 85mins
DIRECTOR: Gints Zilbalodis
The world seems to be coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as his home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed.
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig
RATING:M Mature themes, injury detail and violence
RUNTIME: 168mins
More than any other filmmaker, Mohammad Rasoulof has had the courage to push the boundaries of what is permissible in Iranian cinema. This searing indictment of Tehran’s theocracy and its treatment of women comes from one of the foremost critics of the regime.
Iman (Misagh Zare) is a complacent servant of the state with a comfortable place inside a rotten system. He is appointed as a judge which gives him the power of life and death, as well as a nice new apartment, and a gun to protect it all. Cracks quickly appear as he faces a generational revolt within his family and his gun goes missing. This depiction of tyranny transforms into a surprisingly taut political thriller.
The story behind the film is every bit as eventful. Rasoulof suffered imprisonment and the threat of flogging for unauthorised filmmaking. He presented the film at Cannes only after fleeing Iran on foot across the mountains.
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The Last Journey
RATING:PG Mild themes and coarse language
RUNTIME: 95mins
DIRECTOR: Filip Hammar, Fredrik Wikingsson
ACTORS: Filip Hammar, Fredrik Wikingsson, Lars Hammar, Tiina Hammar
THE LAST JOURNEY follows Filip Hammar’s father Lars, who is retiring after 40 years as a beloved French teacher in Koping, Sweden.
But instead of a “third age” with travel, wine, and experiences together with his wife, he becomes passive and tired.
Filip and his best friend Fredrik, take Lars to his beloved France and let him revisit the places he loves.
By making the same road trip that the family used to make when Filip was a child and staging some of his father’s fondest memories (often with hilarious consequences), they hope to rekindle Lars’ spark.
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Grand Tour
RATING:M Mature themes and drug use
RUNTIME: 129mins
DIRECTOR: Miguel Gomes
ACTORS: Crista Alfaiate, Gonçalo Waddington
Edward, civil servant, flees fiancee Molly on their wedding day in Rangoon, 1917. His travels replace panic with melancholy. Molly, set on marriage, amused by his escape, trails him across Asia.
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