The Sense of an Ending

Showings

Mary D. Fisher Theatre Fri, Apr 14, 2017 7:00 PM
Mary D. Fisher Theatre Sun, Apr 16, 2017 7:00 PM
Mary D. Fisher Theatre Tue, Apr 18, 2017 4:00 PM
Mary D. Fisher Theatre Wed, Apr 19, 2017 4:00 PM
Film Info
Event Type:Film
Release Year:2017
Run Time:108 minutes
Rating:PG-13
Production Country:United Kingdom
Original Language:English
Trailer:youtu.be/9rU5R3lgYKo
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Ritesh Batra
Cast:Jim Broadbent
Charlotte Rampling
Emily Mortimer
Harriet Walker
Michelle Dockery

Description

Tony Webster (Jim Broadbent) leads a reclusive and quiet existence until long buried secrets from his past force him to face the flawed recollections of his younger self, the truth about his first love (Charlotte Rampling) and the devastating consequences of decisions made a lifetime ago.

As a follow up to his enchanting first film, “The Lunchbox”, director Ritesh Batra has turned for inspiration to Julian Barnes's award-winning novel, “The Sense of an Ending”, a mesmerizing and slippery tale of aging, memory and self-delusion.

Tony, played by the great Jim Broadbent, is a curt, semi-retired divorcee who has led a life designed to shield him from pain and loss — and from deep feeling. But his sense of his own history is challenged when he is bequeathed a diary written by his best friend Adrian, who killed himself under mysterious circumstances. The diary is in the possession of Tony's first love, Veronica (Charlotte Rampling). But she refuses to give it to him. Why?

Superbly acted, Batra's moving, impeccably crafted film casts a subtle and suspenseful spell as the increasingly obsessed Tony explains his predicament - and long-glossed over formative experiences — to his not particularly sympathetic ex-wife (Harriet Walter). In doing so, he is compelled to revisit a past he had tidied away a little too conveniently.

“A poignant commentary on how each of us attempts to make meaning in our lives.” — Peter Debruge, Variety

“ ‘The Sense of an Ending’ does a subtle, nuanced job giving Julian Barnes’ penetrating novel the big-screen treatment.” — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter