What’s coming soon to BFI Player in December 2023?
David Farnor | On 09, Dec 2023
BFI Player is a gateway to global film, offering a collection of arthouse and world cinema to subscribers, alongside its pay-per-view rental releases and free archive titles and silent movie shorts.
From A Touch of Zen to Clemency, here’s what’s coming to BFI Player’s subscription service in December 2023:
A Touch of Zen – 1st December
King Hu’s epic swordplay saga combines ghost story, martial arts mastery and Buddhist mythology to stunning, hypnotic effect.
Gregory’s Girl – 4th December
The ultimate depiction of coming-of-age awkwardness, Bill Forsyth’s comedy about a teen who falls for the new female footballer on the school team.
Cries and Whispers – 4th December
A dying woman (Harriet Andersson) is attended to in her rural mansion by her sisters, in Ingmar Bergman’s vivid examination of the human soul.
Bluebeard’s Castle – 4th December
Discover a ‘lost’ masterpiece from acclaimed director Michael Powell, with this stunning adaptation of Béla Bartok’s expressionist opera.
Her Last Affaire – 4th December
Michael Powell’s ‘society drama’ involving suspicion, clandestine romance and presumed murder, and glorious comic double-act from Googie Withers and John Lurie.
Godland – 7th December
With his third feature, Hlynur Pálmason delivers a breathtakingly inventive and ambitious historical epic, set in mid-19th-century Iceland.
A White White Day – 7th December
Iceland’s finest actor Ingvar Sigurðsson gives a heart-breaking and Cannes award-winning performance as widowed cop who becomes increasingly obsessed with his wife’s death.
Archipelago – 7th December
Starring Tom Hiddleston, a family holiday to the Isles of Scilly sees fractures emerge in this sun-filled drama from Joanna Hogg.
Rodeo – 14th December
French debut director Lola Quivoron revs up with a ferocious tale of a woman kickstarting a new life in the world of guerrilla motocross racing.
Clemency – 14th December
Alfre Woodard is quietly devastating as a weary prison warden presiding over her twelfth execution, in this Sundance-winning death row drama.
Lonesome – 14th December
Fleeing a mysterious scandal in his hometown, rancher Casey heads to Sydney in search of shelter and connection. There he meets the similarly wounded Tib in this erotic Australian drama.
Boudu Saved from Drowning – 18th December
Boudu, a homeless Parisian, takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine but is rescued by Monsieur Lestingois, a well-to-do liberal, who takes him home and tries to reconcile him with life and society.
Je Vous Aime – 18th December
Four titans of French cinema – Deneuve, Depardieu, Trintignant and Gainsbourg – star in Claude Berri’s forward-thinking drama about an independent woman and her relationships with four men.
La Reine Margot – 18th December
Young Margot, who is in line to inherit the throne of France, is forced into an arranged marriage. Though she tries to escape with her lover, she is imprisoned by her ruthless and commanding family.
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