Together! Cinema Season
Drifting Clouds (PG)
Thu 4 Feb | 18:30 | 1h 37m
Part of Baltic Cinema | Together! Solidarity and Community on Screen
Thu 4 Feb | 18:30
£6 / £4.50* per person
(PG) Dir. Aki Kaurismäki / Finland / 1996 / 1h 37m
Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes, Drifting Clouds is classic Kaurismäki, mixing together bleak humour with brilliantly straight performances, the film captures the harshness of a recession with a real bite, however is never quite as cynical as it makes out. Hilarious and surprisingly hopeful, Drifting Clouds is Kaurismaki at his best.
Baltic Cinema is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network
Doors open 18:00; Film starts 18:30.
Pop-up cinema bar open from 18:00 for drinks.
*Concessions: under 18s, unwaged & 65+
Together! Solidarity and Community on Screen
In response to our exhibition Close to Home, the films in this season all circle ideas of community and solidarity and ask key questions about the limits of each. They are rooted in stories of working-class lives, from across different countries and times, from Gateshead to Prague via Helsinki. They explore the most basic conditions of life – labour and housing – and the determination, integrity and compassion to fight the erosion of those conditions.
