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Wednesday 11 November in Belfast

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Wednesday 11 November 4 listings

18:15

Prison Break: Escape from the Maze

Queen's Film Theatre · South Belfast · Film
On September 25 1983, 38 Republican inmates executed the largest prison breakout in British history, violently breaching the supposedly escape-proof walls of HM Prison Maze. Armed with smuggled guns and a meticulously engineered plan, their escape delivered a staggering blow to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s government. Prison Break: Escape from the Maze is a gripping, minute-by-minute cinematic documentary which includes interviews with both escapees and former prison officers, many speaking publicly for the very first time. They provide raw, highly detailed accounts of the claustrophobic build-up, the chaotic afternoon of the breach, and the lasting personal cost of working and living inside a concrete flashpoint. Told with the pacing of a cinematic thriller and enriched by rare archival material, the film is a nuanced, gripping and deeply empathetic examination of memory, ideology, and human survival.
Not Rated; Recommended 15+Tickets & info
20:20

Wild Horse Nine

Queen's Film Theatre · South Belfast · Film
Martin McDonagh returns with another tragi-comic two-hander with a razor-sharp script and outstanding performances from a stellar cast. After the success of The Banshees of Inisherin , McDonagh has turned his attention to Chile in the 1970s, where two CIA men discuss morality and mortality during a dispatch to the vanishingly remote and metaphorically rich Easter Island. With John Malkovich as the ailing Chris, mentor to Sam Rockwell’s Lee, and idiosyncratic support from Steve Buscemi, Parker Posey and Tom Waits, the film is an accidental allegory for present-day politics with trademark bittersweet notes, sweeping landscapes and strategically-placed horses.
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