To Each His Own
PG
Why watch?
“Olivia de Havilland gives an utterly heart-wrenching performance, packed with emotional depth and power. I love it for its frank, compassionate, and profoundly moving portrait of maternal love and sacrifice. A quintessential example of the 1940s melodrama, it deserves to be far better known.”
Alice Miller,
Independent Film Programmer
De Havilland plays Jody Norris, a small-town girl who gives birth to an illegitimate son after a brief passionate affair with a dashing young fighter pilot. After a scheme to adopt her son goes awry, she spends her life loving him from afar. Directed by Mitchell Leisen with a deft, humanist touch, the film transforms what could have been a sentimental ‘women’s weepie’ into an eloquent, emotionally rich story of love, resilience, and the sacrifices women are asked to make.
This screening is presented by independent film programmer Alice Miller, who will join us at the cinema to introduce the film.
Showing as part of our season Too Much: Melodrama on Film - supported by the BFI and Film Hub North.
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Hallmark... In a Day
12A
Presented by Darragh Amelia & Guilt-Free Pleasures