RHUMBELOW FILM CLUB

ON THE BIG SCREEN

Cunningham Rd, Umbilo

THE GUERNSEY LITERARY & POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (2018)

Jessica Brown Findlay · Tom Courtenay · Michiel Huisman · Katherine Parkinson · Marek Oravec · Jack Morris · Matthew Goode · Lily James.

               6.30pm WED 14 FEB 2024  

(Venue opens 60 minutes before show for snacks/drinks)

Running Time:  124 min (excluding 15 minute interval)

Public Screening licensed through

           MPLC (Motion Picture Licensing Company). License No  5551

The Film & Publication Board -  Exhibitor License FPB8/2022/233051

In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.

London after the Second World War. Juliet Ashton works as a journalist and author in the city and tries to put the traumatic memories of the war behind her. Her publisher Sidney is trying to organize a reading tour for her across the country, and her fiancé Mark wants to take her to his home state of New York. She puts them both off for the time being, not yet knowing what to expect from life. One day she receives an unusual letter, sent by Dawsey Adams, a farmer from the Channel Island of Guernsey, who has acquired an antiquarian book that previously belonged to Juliet. A lively correspondence ensues, during the course of which Juliet learns of the existence of the "Guernsey Friends of Poetry and Potato Peel Casserole": In 1941, Dawsey, Elizabeth McKenna, Eben Ramsey, Amelia Maugery and Isola Pribby were walking on the Nazi-occupied British Channel island of Guernsey under strict curfew and were stopped by armed German soldiers. To avoid arrest, Elizabeth unceremoniously invented the book club with the unusual name to explain the late walk home. Juliet is curious and sets off for Guernsey. There, however, she is not exactly welcomed with open arms; Isola in particular reacts indignantly to her questions - and Elizabeth apparently no longer lives on the island. Little by little, Juliet learns a secret that the members of the club are afraid to reveal. However, her stay in Guernsey and especially her encounter with Dawsey will change her life forever.

Food available at the venue.

Attendance is restricted to  RHUMBELOW FILM CLUB MEMBERS ONLY (NO CHARGE)

Membership for JAN – JUN 2024 R 300-00 - GUESTS R 100-00 EA

Limited secure parking available    

Booking is essential.  

Bar Available (no alcohol may be brought on to the premises)

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