Chichester's New Park Cinema offers the best of world cinema

In Days of Heaven, a young couple (Richard Gere and Brooke Adams) pretend to be brother and sister as they seek employment on a farm in the Texas panhandle in the early 1900s. When the rich and handsome farmer (Sam Shephard) invites them to stay, tragedy ensues.
By Phil Hewitt
Published 15th Mar 2024, 06:05 GMT
Days of Heaven (contributed pic)Days of Heaven (contributed pic)
Days of Heaven (contributed pic)

Anyone But You is a loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, set in beautiful Sydney and its surrounds.

We cross to Europe for Abel Ferrara’s Padre Pio starring Shia LaBoeuf. Soldiers returning from WWI find their village ruled by wealthy landowners. As the first free election in Italy threatens to tear the village apart, Padre Pio struggles with his own personal demons, ultimately emerging from his spiritual anguish to become one of Catholicism's most venerated figures.

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Set in 1901, The Settlers sees three horsemen tasked with securing a wealthy landowner's vast property but then coming to realise their true mission is to violently "remove" the indigenous population. This stylish Western was Chile’s entry into the 96th Academy Awards.

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