Towner Cine Club: Petite Maman
Towner Cine Club is back with Elastic Reality; three films about worlds that stretch our understanding of the possible.
Arrestingly original, impeccably crafted, Petite Maman is a deeply imaginative ode to mother-daughter relationships and a poetic vision of childhood.
£8.00
£7.00 Under 25s & Concessions
Towner Cine Club is a chance for you to catch classic films back on the big screen, all presented with an introduction by Henry Jordan. Whether it’s arthouse oddities, cult classics, old favourites or new discoveries, we’ll be showing something exciting every month at Towner Cinema.
Henry Jordan works at Towner as a Duty Manager and helps with the day-to-day operations of the cinema, as well as hosting Towner Cine Club. He studied English and Film Studies at University of Exeter, which included a study abroad year that he took at University of South Florida in Tampa, USA. During Henry’s time at university, he discovered his core fields of interest, among them para-cinema, surrealism and anti-literature.
Before Towner, Henry worked at the Arts Picturehouse in Cambridge, where he was a regular host for their sell out quiz nights and hosted a Q&A with Dame Pippa Harris for her film Empire of Light. He also was a regular on the Cambridge Film Show, has been published in The Quietus and still writes for The Quite Nerdy Blog, his blog about pop culture that has been running since 2014.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Céline Sciamma’s beautiful film is part realist ghost story, part fairytale reverie.
Nelly (Joséphine Sanz) has just lost her grandmother. While helping her parents clean out her mother Marion’s childhood home, she explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day, she meets a girl her same age – also named Marion – building a treehouse, and they quickly become friends.
Arrestingly original, impeccably crafted, Petite Maman is a deeply imaginative ode to mother-daughter relationships and a poetic vision of childhood.
“An artistic masterstroke… elegant and very moving” ★★★★★ The Guardian
"At just 72 minutes, Petite Maman may appear slight at first, but it is unmistakably un petite masterpiece. This is a film of radical compassion, one that cares so much about you that it will fill your heart, drain your tear ducts and send you home elated in half the time of the average film."