Sunday’s Oscar-Nominated Movies

Sunday’s Oscar-Nominated Movies:

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS – EO – LIVING – THE QUIET GIRL 

19th February; 26th February; 5th March; 19th March
 
At 7 PM at Rainbow Theater – 1^st Circle – Jabal Amman

Free Entry 

Sunday 19^th February 2023, at 7 PM

Triangle of Sadness 

Ruben Östlund, 147 min, Comedy/Drama, English with Arabic subtitles, Sweden/Greece/US/UK/Mexico/ Denmark/Switzerland/Turkey, 2022.

Rated 18+

Carl and Yaya, a couple of influencers, are invited to a luxury cruise ship alongside a group of out of touch wealthy people. The situation takes an unexpected turn when a brutal storm hits the ship leaving the passengers stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival turning their social hierarchy upside down and revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty.

The film won 20 international awards, including the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. It is also Nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay) and for three BAFTA awards (Best Supporting Actress, Best Casting and Best Original Screenplay).

Film Trailer
 

Sunday 26^th February 2023, at 7 PM

EO

Jerzy Skolimowski, 88 min, Drama, Polish, Italian, English, French and Spanish with Arabic subtitles, Poland/Italy, 2022.

Rated 16+

The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life's path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.

The film won 19 international awards, including the Jury Prize and the Soundtrack Award at 2022 Cannes Film Festival. It is nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Oscar Academy Awards. 

Film Trailer

Sunday 5^th March 2023, at 7 PM

Living

Oliver Hermanus, 102 min, Drama, English with Arabic subtitles, UK, 2022.

PG 13

The story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence.  When he receives a bad medical diagnosis, he decides to move to the South Coast and to make a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful – into one he can say has been lived to the full.

The film won nine awards in international festivals and is nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay. It is also nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Actor, and for three BAFTA awards: Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay and Outstanding British Film of the Year. 

Film Trailer

Sunday 19^th March 2023, at 7 PM

The Quiet Girl

Colm Bairéad, 1h 34min, Drama, Irish & English with Arabic subtitles, Ireland, 2022.

PG 13

Rural Ireland 1981. A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

The film won 21 awards including the Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the Berlin International Film Festival, 2022. It is nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film and is also nominated for two BAFTA awards: Best Film (not in the English Language) and Best Adapted Screenplay. 

Film Trailer