Films:
Sat 24 7.00pm St Mary's Church Hall, Ross
Sat 24 8.00pm Clifford Community Hall
Fri 30 7.30pm Gorsley Village Hall
Sat 31 7.30pm Ballingham & Bolstone Village Hall
Mountain Patrol (15)
Director: Lu Chuan
Starring: Duo Bujie, Zhang Lei, Qi Lang
China, 2004, 1 hour 35 minutes, subtitles
Set high up in the Himalayas, and based on real-life incidents in the 1990s when poachers reduced the Tibetan antelope population from a million strong to a few thousand, this is an awesomely beautiful 'Tibetan Western'. The Mountain Patrol is a band of unpaid, ill-equipped local men who take on the dangerous task of tackling the poachers. An epic tale of men battling against the elements, filmed with a non-professional cast in the most adverse conditions, this gripping tale gives you a taste of the Tibetan wilderness like no other film ever made.
"one of the movie discoveries of the year" Sunday Telegraph