CFS Film Screening: See You Up There

Join Canterbury Film Society for our Monday night screening of See You Up There (Albert Dupontel • 2017 • 117 mins • France • R13)

"Albert Dupontel’s giddily ambitious adaption of Pierre Lemaitre’s novel, The Great Swindle (honored with the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2013), is a dizzying genre-balancing act that swirls across the screen as it follows three scheming soldiers in the wake of World War I. The film’s deft mélange of the horrors of war, broad comedy and the director’s very own brand of very dark humor tells the story of two grunt soldiers — a humble accountant (Dupontel) and a brilliant painter (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) — and their sadistic commanding officer (Laurent Lafitte), and the monumental scams they simultaneously mount to cash in on their own spoils of war. The film’s intoxicating technical feats and a formidable cast are literally guaranteed to take your breath away." (American French Film Festival)

The Canterbury Film Society offers weekly screenings of top-quality films – arthouse, classic, cult, documentary, world cinema and more – on the big screen. We screen on Monday night at 7.30pm, doors open 7.00pm with drinks and home-baked food for purchase.

This is a Film Society Members Only screening - but new members are warmly welcome. Go to www.canterburyfilmsociety.org.nz to see membership options (including 3-film Flexipasses for $40, as well as Half Year and Full Membership). Join and pay online, or bring along cash (eftpos not available) and sign up at the membership table before the film.

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