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The Swing - Open City Documentary Festival Closing Night

9 Sep 2018

Event times

18:00

Cost of entry

£12 Standard / £11 Student

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Closing the festival we are thrilled to host the UK premiere of The Swing, Cyril Aris' assured, emotionally rich film about the lies a family tells to keep their patriarch happy; and the unattended costs of their falsehood.

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An assured, emotionally rich film about the lies a family tells to keep their patriarch happy; and the unattended costs of their falsehood. After sixty years of marriage, Antoine and Vivi have lost their most beloved daughter; but no one has dared to tell the bedridden nonagenarian Antoine, lest his heart crack. A simple solution, though everyone else in this densely interconnected family has then to live the same lie, giving no expression to their grief. A deeply affecting, beautifully shot cinematic novella; like all the best stories The Swing is a simple tale, but one that never short-changes its viewers.

+ Q&A with director Cyril Aris. This is a UK Premiere.

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