I Know Where I'm Going!

PG

Headstrong Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller), an independent young woman sets off, wedding dress in tow, to marry a rich older man on his remote Hebridean island of Kiloran. Stranded on Mull thanks to the stormy weather, Joan meets naval officer Torquil MacNeil (Roger Livesey), and finds herself struggling to cope with the unplanned turn of events.

Powell and Pressburger weave their course of true love through flashes of surrealism, a life-threatening whirlpool and an ancient curse, disarming and enchanting in equal measure. But this is a film where small moments count the most – the passing of a cigarette between two windows or a slip on a ladder – as they build by stealth into something overwhelming. 

We are also showing The Red Shoes as part of the BFI's touring programme of Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell + Pressburger.