John Gray Centre May film screening
The JGC Film Appreciation Club May screening is a ‘literature’ themed film. The film is “Neruda” (2017) by multi-award winning director Pablo Larrain who is originally from Chile. You might be familiar with his recent multi-award nominated film “Jackie” about the late Jackie Kennedy Onassis, and starring Natalie Portman. 
Screening will take place on Thursday, May 10 in the Star Room. Doors open at 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start.
The film will be in Spanish and stars Gael Garcia Bernal, who played the main role in films like ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’, ‘Y Tu Mamá También’, and ‘Amores Perros’. Bernal plays a police inspector whose task is to hunt down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s after joining the Communist Party. The film offers a reflection on Pablo Neruda’s persona as a man and as an artist.
Post screening discussion will include brief highlights on the cinema of Chile, facts about Pablo Neruda, and aspects of the film (as per usual). Entry is free for club members, £3.50 donation for guests and £1 donation for ELC staff. Come and enjoy an evening of visual pleasures, good company and vibrant conversation!