86 mins |
Rated
M (Offensive language)
Directed by Simon Bird
Starring Monica Dolan, Tamsin Greig, Rob Brydon, Nathanael Saleh, Alice Lowe, Grace Hogg-Robinson, Earl Cave
With complimentary Morning Tea on Thursday 17th June.
The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird's directorial debut is a funny, charming and wince-inducingly accurate adaptation of Joff Winterhart's graphic novel, with a soundtrack by Belle & Sebastian.
Days of the Bagnold Summer sweetly draws you into the wobbly relationship between well-intentioned single librarian Sue Bagnold and her black-clad teenage son Daniel, who'd rather listen to Metallica than his mother.
The film boasts supporting turns by Rob Brydon and Alice Lowe, but belongs to its two leads. Long-suffering Sue is sympathetically portrayed by Monica Dolan, with Earl Cave's Daniel a suitably lank-haired, pale-skinned picture of adolescent metal-head angst.
★★★★ "Very likeable British film... beautifully directed" - David Stratton, The Australian.
★★★★ "It’s a love song to modern suburban Britain, with irony, bitterness and affection in equal measure." - Sydney Morning Herald
"Funny. Keen observed. And surprisingly poignant." - Sunday Telegraph Sydney.
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With complimentary Morning Tea on Thursday 17th June.
The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird's directorial debut is a funny, charming and wince-inducingly accurate adaptation of Joff Winterhart's graphic novel, with a soundtrack by Belle & Sebastian.
Days of the Bagnold Summer sweetly draws you into the wobbly relationship between well-intentioned single librarian Sue Bagnold and her black-clad teenage son Daniel, who'd rather listen to Metallica than his mother.
The film boasts supporting turns by Rob Brydon and Alice Lowe, but belongs to its two leads. Long-suffering Sue is sympathetically portrayed by Monica Dolan, with Earl Cave's Daniel a suitably lank-haired, pale-skinned picture of adolescent metal-head angst.
★★★★ "Very likeable British film... beautifully directed" - David Stratton, The Australian.
★★★★ "It’s a love song to modern suburban Britain, with irony, bitterness and affection in equal measure." - Sydney Morning Herald
"Funny. Keen observed. And surprisingly poignant." - Sunday Telegraph Sydney.