2023 - 2024 SEASON
The Horsham Film Society presents the following selection of films from around the world for the 2023-2024 season! All are shown in the original version (with English subtitles for foreign language films).
All films are shown once a month on a Monday evening at The Capitol, Horsham, and begin at 8.00pm.
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Click to access the voting results for each film of the season.
11 Sept 2023
The Good Boss Official trailer here
Original title: El Buen Patrón
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Spain, 2021, 116 min, Cert 15, Comedy, Drama
​Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
Starring: Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor
Language: Spanish
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In this sharp, dark comedy, the charismatic and manipulative owner of a nondescript, family-run factory that manufactures industrial scales in a Spanish provincial town meddles in the lives of his employees in an attempt to win an award for business excellence.
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The film won six awards at the 36th Goya Awards in 1922, including Best Picture, Director, Actor (Javier Bardem) and Original Screenplay
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9 Oct 2022
The Collini Case Official trailer here
Original title: Der Fall Collini
Germany, 2019, 123 min, Cert 15, Crime, Drama, Thriller
​Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Starring: Elyas M'Barek, Alexandra Maria Lara, Heiner Lauterbach
Language: German
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Just three months after passing the bar, a young lawyer in Berlin agrees to represent a 70-year-old Italian who is accused of the brutal murder of a German industrial tycoon. In the course of his investigations, he uncovers a vast conspiracy and faces a personal conflict of interest.
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‘A time-twisty adaptation of former lawyer Ferdinand von Schirach’s bestselling novel makes for gripping viewing’ (The Guardian)
13 Nov 2023
Utama Official trailer here
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Bolivia, 2022, 87 min, Cert 12A, Drama
​Director: Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Starring: José Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Candelaria Quispe
Language: Quechua, Spanish
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In the remote Bolivian highlands, an elderly indigenous farming couple has lived the same quiet life for years. But after an exceptionally long drought, they face an existential dilemma: to stay and maintain their traditional way of life or admit defeat and move to the city?
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Bolivia’s official submission to the 95th Academy Awards / Winner Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival 2022
11 Dec 2023
Corsage Official trailer here
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Austria, Luxembourg, 2022, 114 min, Cert 15, Drama, History, Biography
​Director: Marie Kreutzer
Starring: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz
Language: German, French, English, Hungarian, Italian
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A fictional account of a year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who was idolised for her beauty and famous as a fashion trendsetter. When ‘Sissi’ turns 40 in 1877, she is officially deemed an old woman and fights to maintain her youthful image by lacing her corset ever tighter. As time goes on, she becomes increasingly restless in Vienna.
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Winner of Un Certain Regard Best Performance award at Cannes Film Festival 2022 / Best Film Award, London Film Festivval 2022
8 Jan 2024
The Wages of Fear Official trailer here
Original title: Le Salaire de la Peur
Our Classic presentation
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France, 1953, 131 min, Cert 18, B&W, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
​Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Starring: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, Peter Van Eyck
Language: French
In the South American jungle, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitro-glycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on the rough, remote roads where the slightest jolt can result in death.
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The film brought Clouzot international fame: It won the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or at the 1953 Berlin Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival, respectively, enabling him to direct Les Diaboliques (1955).
12 Feb 2024
All That Breathes Official trailer here
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India, 2022, 97 min, Cert 12A, Documentary
​Director: Shaunak Sen
Starring: Salik Rehman, Mohammad Saud, Nadeem Shehzad
Language: Hindi
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Against the darkening backdrop of Delhi's skies, air pollution and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to rescuing a casualty of the times: the black kite, a majestic bird of prey that is key to the city’s fragile ecosystem. The documentary, filmed over three years, explores the deep relationship between humans and nature.
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Winner of L’Œil d’or documentary award at Cannes 2022 / The film was also shortlisted in Best Documentary feature category Oscars 2023
11 Mar 2024
Alcarràs Official trailer here
Spain, 2022, 120 min, Cert 15, Drama, Adventure
​Director: Carla Simón
Starring: Josep Abad, Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin
Language: Spanish
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The life of a proud family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia suddenly changes when the owner of their large estate dies. His heir plans to install profitable solar panels on the land, thus displacing the family from their traditional farmlands and destroying their livelihood.
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Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival 2022 / Spain’s official submission for Oscars 2023
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8 Apr 2024
The Quiet Girl Official trailer here
Original title: An Cailín Ciúin
Ireland, 2022, 95 min, Cert 12A, Drama
​Director: Colm Bairéad
Starring: Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Catherine Clinch
Language: Irish Gaelic, English
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Rural Ireland 1981. A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one – and also a new way of living.
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Nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 2023 Oscars, making it the first Irish film to be nominated in this category
13 May 2024
Decision to Leave Official trailer here
Original title: Heojil kyolshim
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South Korea, 2022, 139 min, Cert 15, Crime, Drama, Mystery
​Director: Park Chan-wook
Starring: Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun
Language: Korean, Chinese, English
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In this moody mystery, a man is found dead in the mountains and the prime suspect is his enigmatic widow. Boundaries are blurred and morals are tested when the married detective assigned to the case becomes romantically involved with the suspect.
Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2022 / Winner Best Director, 2022 Cannes Film Festival
One of the Guardian’s Best Films of 2022 in the UK
10 June 2024
Hit the Road Official trailer here
Original title: Jaddeh Khaki
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Iran, 2021, 93 min, Cert 12A, Road-Comedy, Drama
​Director: Panah Panahi
Starring: Pantea Panahiha, Mohammad Hassan Madjooni, Rayan Sarlak
Language: Farsi
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A tender, humorous road movie about a chaotic Iranian family on a mystery trip into the mountains. En route, they bond over memories of the past and grapple with fears of the unknown. Unspoken tensions arise as the furtive purpose of their journey slowly emerges.
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‘Panah Panahi juggles joy, heartbreak and surreal humour in a road movie his imprisoned [filmmaker] father would be proud of’ (The Guardian)
One of the Guardian’s Best Films of 2022 in the UK