Movie Choice — Rental Family /or/ Urchin /or/ Power Station — Meet from 7 pm
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We're meeting on Thursday again this week. Watershed are screening three films:
- LFF Preview of Hikari's Rental Family
- A second chance to see Harris Dickinson’s Urchin
- Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn's documentary Power Station
Choose which movie you're going to see and buy your own ticket from the box office or online (links below).
We'll meet in the Watershed cafe/bar from 7 pm, to say hello and chat. After the films, we will stop for a while to talk about them.
RENTAL FAMILY (starts 8:00, ticket)
Phillip Vanderpleog lives in Tokyo. Looking for any work opportunities, he is employed by a ‘rental family’ company, which provides clients with actors who play stand-in roles of absent loved ones.
"Hikari wrestles with the complications of Phil’s job in good faith, and for all of her movie’s handholding sentimentality, she makes a real effort to recognize how the roles that we play in each others’ lives can become confused."
— David Ehrlich, IndieWire
Mike, a rough sleeper in London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around.
"Harris Dickinson makes a terrifically impressive debut here as a writer-director with this smart and compassionate picture about homelessness."
— Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
" ... one of our most exciting young actors proves himself to be a bold new voice in British filmmaking"
— Iana Murray, Empire
POWER STATION (starts 8:20, ticket)
Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn their street into an energy-generating powerhouse – a prototype for a new way of living, with the hope of galvanising a wider push towards sustainable alternatives.
"... the film is a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when we simply talk to our neighbours, and it is heartwarming to see different people, from diverse backgrounds but bound by shared economic struggles, come together to make green energy a reality"
— Phuong Le, The Guardian