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Army of Crime: Ventnor Film Society

Tuesday 19 7.30pmOctober
2010

Film

Ventnor Winter Gardens

Pier Street
Ventnor
PO38 1SZ

(01983) 857757

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Army of Crime: Ventnor Film Society

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Army of crime

Dir: Robert Guédiguian France 2009 139 mins Cert: UK 15
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen

Robert Guédiguian aims to do for the French resistance what Days of Glory did for the army: remind the broad mass of French society that foreigners and non-natives were as committed to the defeat of the Nazis as the locals.

His subject is the Affiche Rouge - the Red Poster - with which the Germans branded a resistance cell, run by Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, as criminal terrorists in 1944; hence the film's title, echoing the Nazis' own propaganda.

Guédiguian makes no secret of the fervent communism of the group's members, even as he points up their varied ethnic composition: Polish, Russian, Italian, a large percentage Jewish.

Current Prices
Season Ticket for all 7 films: £28 (£21 Concessionary)
Single Ticket: £5.00 (£4.00 Concessionary)
Concessionary tickets are available to students, senior citizens and the unwaged.

Please note: the above prices do not apply to special presentations and events. The season ticket covers only films shown in the normal programme.



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