FILM EARLSDON PRESENTS: A Private Function

Film Earlsdon launches its second season of films, an eclectic mix of British gems and compelling international titles. December's film is the 1984 British comedy 'A Private Function' starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith.

Scripted by Alan Bennett, the film is full of witty one-liners and offers a satirical take on small-town England in the immediate post-war period. Set in 1947, food is in short supply. Rationing prevails and hunger drives hitherto respectable citizens to take risks and break laws. A youthful Michael Palin plays a meek chiropodist and Maggie Smith his domineering and social-climbing wife. Denholm Elliott is superb as a GP contemptuous of his patients from the lower orders. And a real pig also features prominently.

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