CINEMA

Convenors Barbara Atkins      barbara.atkins3@btinternet.com 01600 714761
                   Dorothy Munslow  chrismunslow@hotmail.com  01600 715014


​Films for the Monmouth U3A Cinema Group are shown at The Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. All performances take place at 10.30am on the second Tuesday of each month except December when films are shown on the first Tuesday. Doors open at 10.00am. Admission £6.50 [cash only] to include raffle to win free entry to a future U3A film.  Refreshments available. Non-members welcome.
​All our films are now subtitled. 


​Please Support YOUR Cinema Group – it is open to non-members so bring along your friends who haven't joined U3A 
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 Tuesday, 11th October 2022
 
'MASTER CHENG'
FINLAND/UK/CHINA (English subtitles) 2021
RUNNING TIME - 1HR 53MINS:  CERTIFICATION PG

Veteran Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki's quiet, tender lyrical film explores the possibilities of making new connections in far-off places.

When Master Cheng (Pak Hon chu) arrives in a remote Finnish village with his young son Nunjo (Lucas Hsuan), he's in search of someone he used to know in Shanghai.  Unable to help find his friend, cafe owner Sirkka (Anna-Maija Tuokka) offers him accommodation instead, and in return Cheng helps her in the kitchen.  Delighting her initially sceptical customers with his cooking, he becomes a celebrated part of the community; and when his tourist visa runs out, the villagers seek to make a plan so he can stay.
Part drolly humorous comedy, part quietly unassuming romance, Master Cheng is a tribute to the value of opening yourself up the familiar, set in an oddball world of thoughtful, diffident yet very engaging characters who are all slightly haunted by their pasts.  It's also beautifully shot by Jari Mutikainen, whose camera appealingly depicts both Finland's idyllic countryside and Cheng's mouth-watering creations..
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It is the responsibility of people wishing to attend any of the above showings to make sure they know what the regulations are.  Please check you have the correct requirements to fulfil the regulations as laid out on the Savoy Theatre, Monmouth’s website monmouth-savoy.co.uk  








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