Echo Chamber: LFF21 - Day 2
Our @EchoChamberFP coverage of the 65th BFI London Film Festival continues!
It's 'Day 2' and we have a couple of films, a royal unraveling, in 'Spencer' and an interesting look at dynamics of relationship, in 'Bergman Island'.
'Spencer' is the new film from Pablo Larraín and Steven Knight handled the screenplay. The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be profoundly different. SPENCER is an imagining of what might have happened during those few fateful days.
Written & directed by Mia Hansen-Løve’s, 'Bergman Island' follows a couple of American filmmakers, Chris (Vicky Krieps) and Tony (Tim Roth), who retreat to the mythical Fårö island for the summer. In this wild, breathtaking landscape where Bergman lived and shot his most celebrated pieces, they hope to find inspiration for their upcoming films. As days spent separately pass by, the fascination for the island operates on Chris and souvenirs of her first love resurface. Lines between reality and fiction will then progressively blur and tear our couple even more apart.
In today's episode:
Spencer - Poster
Spencer
Watch Review: Here.
London Film Festival Date: 7th October 2021
London Film Festival Date: 8th October 2021
London Film Festival Date: 17th October 2021
Theatrical Release Date: 5th November 2021
Director: Pablo Larraín
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Jack Farthing, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, Sally Hawkins
Credit: Neon, Topic Studios, STX Entertainment, Komplizen Film, Fabula, Shoebox Films, FilmNation Entertainment
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Running Time: 111 min
Cert: 12a
Trailer: Here.
BFI Website: Here.
Website: Here.
Twitter: @Spencer_Movie
Instagram: @spencer_movie
Bergman Island - Poster
Bergman Island
Watch Review: Here.
London Film Festival Date: 7th October 2021
London Film Festival Date: 8th October 2021
London Film Festival Date: 16th October 2021
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Cast: Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie
Credit: Arté France Cinema, CG Cinéma, Dauphin Films, Neue Bioskop Film, Piano, RT Features
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 105 min
Cert: 18
Trailer: Here.
BFI Website: Here.
Website: Here.
BFI Flare Festival 2021
Festival Date: 6th - 17th October 2021
From Wednesday 6th to Sunday 17th October 2021, join the BFI for in person & online screenings and entertainment over the next 12 days.
Twitter: @BFI
Twitter: @BFIFlare
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Instagram: @britishfilminstitute
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*(Music)
'DNA' by Kendrick Lamar – 2017