seniors' film festival 2006
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A festival of fine films for discerning seniors. Monday 2 October - Friday 6 October > Seniors (55+) $3 Presented by ACMI and the Department of Victorian Communities as part of the 2006 Victorian Seniors' Festival.
 or phone (03) 8663 2583
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Set in post-war England, this moving film charts the education of young Jack in the wake of the death of his beloved mother Emily.
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This beguiling film tells the tale of a ragtag fishing community whose residents must persuade a young doctor to live in their town so they can qualify for a much-needed new factory.
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Director Ron Howard casts Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou in his blockbuster adaptation of the bestselling suspense thriller by Dan Brown.
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Director Lasse Hallstrom assembles an international cast including Jeremy Irons, Oliver Pratt and Australian Heath Ledger in the title role of Giacomo Casanova, the eighteenth century libertine.
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Frank is a hard-working, community-minded 55 year old who suddenly finds himself out of a job. "A heartfelt, laughter-through-tears story aimed at the folks who lapped up Calendar Girls and The Full Monty." The Telegraph
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie E. Proulx's short story forms the basis of Oscar-winning director Ang Lee's sensitively rendered drama about two young Wyoming-raised cowboys.
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Anthony Hopkins stars as Burt Munro, a man who never lets the dreams of his youth fade. After a lifetime of perfecting his classic 1920 Indian motorcycle, Burt set off to test his bike at the Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week in Utah.
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Tod Williams' finely nuanced drama casts Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger in the roles of Ted and Marion Cole, a couple whose trust in each other has been rent asunder by a tragic death in the family.
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A memorable drama about a fourteen year-old boy's experience of war. "More than another Holocaust memoir, Fateless is something special; an unforgettable portrait of grief and hope, loss and transcendence." New York Observer
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This fascinating ode to the Ballets Russes, from the period of the death of their founder in 1929, to a reunion in 2000, combines rare archival footage, clips from Hollywood movies, letters, journals and interviews.
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Wheeler-dealer Jäeckie Zucker is up to his neck in trouble. The only hope left is his mother's inheritance, but Mama Zuckerman's will stipulates that he must first reconcile with his brother - an orthodox Jew.
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This engrossing, acutely observed and emotionally rich exploration of culture, identity and belonging follows the path of a nine-year old Ethiopian boy who is passed off as an African Jew in order to escape his war-torn homeland.
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This mordant black comedy has a pointed social critique at the core of its drama. Jose Garcia is a specialist chemist retrenched after fifteen years' service who eventually devises an ingenious, if disturbingly amoral, strategy to get back into the game.
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Balding, down-cast François (Bernard Campan) enters a 'hooker-in-the-window' joint in Paris' Pigalle to meet the voluptuous Daniela (Monica Bellucci).
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Frank Keane (Robert Carlyle) can't seem to move beyond an all-consuming grief following the death of his wife, but when he pulls over to help a stranger, the course of his life finally changes.
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