20 May 5:00pm till 20 May 9:00pm
15 May
Newmarket
A heck of a mouthful, but a wonderful British period film. It's a story about the power of books to sustain people through the worst of times; in this case the 1941 occupation of the Channel Island of Guernsey during World War II. A group of inebriated locals is stopped one night by the Germans and claim they're allowed out after curfew as they're a cultural group - a book club. Needless to say, it was their first meeting. After the war one of the society members writes to a free-spirited London writer, Juliet Ashton (Lily James). Intrigued, and in search of a new idea for a book, she decides to visit Guernsey. The film's based on the novel begun by American writer Mary Ann Shaffer, who died before she completed it. It was finished by her niece Annie Barrows. Optional dinner at a local restaurant after the movie.
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