Sunday Cinema - Transit

December 2 4:30 to 6:15 pm

When a man tries to flee France after the Nazi invasion, he assumes the identity of a dead author whose papers he possesses. Stuck in Marseilles, he meets a young woman desperate to find her missing husband - the very man he's impersonating. Adapted from the novel by Anna Seghers. Winner of Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival.

89% Rotten Tomatoes

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"With Transit, director Christian Petzold creates a Second World War adventure that is not a sentimental costume drama and a contemporary political parable that is not a didactic sermon -- and produces a highly entertaining film into the bargain." - Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail

Dir: Christian Petzold / Cast: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese / Runtime: 101 mins / Country: Germany/France  / Language: German/French/French sign language  / Rating: PG     Drama

Tickets $10 on the door or get a 10 film Flex Pass (valid Sept.-May) for $90. Flex passes available at thebailey.ca

Next film:

9 December: Colette - Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Town: Trail, BC
Venue: The Royal Theatre
Address: 1597 Bay Ave., Trail