At The Movies for Wednesday 8 June 2022

   

AT THE MOVIES #883    DON’T MENTION IT

 

Simon Morris discovers that some events are often too depressing to revisit – like the years after a war or a pandemic.   And he’s pleased to go off the beaten track with movies from Finland and the Himalayan state of Bhutan.

 

 

Mothering Sunday is ostensibly a story of a 1920’s affair between a housemaid and a friend of her employer.  But there’s more to it than there appears.   Featuring a stellar support cast of Colin Firth, Olivia Colman and the return to the screen after 30 years of Glenda Jackson (Women in love).

 

 

 

Hatching is a bizarre and disturbing tale from Finland about a teenage girl, bullied by her mother, who cares for an egg.  An egg that eventually hatches something unexpected.  

 

 

And Lunana : A yak in the classroom is an Oscar-nominated film from Bhutan.   A disillusioned trainee teacher is sent to a remote village in the mountains for his last year.  And his life is changed by a group of kids, a yak called Norbu, and a beautiful yak herder.