Filmhouse, Edinburgh

September 2010

The Leopard

A significant influence on The Godfather, this film shows a Sicilian family struggling to maintain their power in the midst of radical change.
Thu 2nd September
2:00pm, 7:50pm

The Secret In Their Eyes

Benjamin Esposito, a career long criminal court employee, has recently retired and decides to write a novel. He does not decide to make up a story. There is no need to. He can draw on his own past for a true and (more)
Thu 2nd September
3:00pm, 8:30pm

Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg is one of France's greatest mavericks. This imaginative and visually flamboyant debut feature from Sfar, a brilliant French cartoonist, brings back to life the world's most influential popular (more)
Thu 2nd September
2:45pm, 5:55pm

Hell is for Heroes (1962)

Don Siegel's only war film and unfortunately his only teaming with Steve McQueen, an actor whose rebellious persona jibed well with the director's vision, it puts the star in the familiar role of antihero. His character, (more)
Thu 2nd September
6:15pm

Women Without Men

Internationally renowned for her photography and video installations, Shirin Neshat’s feature debut won the Silver Lion at Venice and is a powerful adaptation of the controversial Shahrnush Parsipur novella set in Tehran (more)
Thu 2nd September
8:45pm

Give Me Your Hand (Donne-moi la main)

Antoine and Quentin are 18-year-old twins who live with their father and work as bakers in a bucolic French village. When their estranged mother dies in Spain, they set off to attend the funeral, without telling their (more)
Thu 2nd September
6:00pm