UK • d: Simon Stone • NR • 111m
“It’s the greatest part you could ever play in the greatest theatre, and I’m jealous as fuck.” In 1989, the actor Ian Charleson, whose role in CHARIOTS OF FIRE brought celebrity (along with a certain notoriety among purist colleagues), is anxious to return to the stage. But the role of Hamlet at London’s National Theatre eludes him. When the original actor suddenly quits, he receives his chance-of-a-lifetime opportunity. The double bind: he has AIDS, still a publicly taboo topic. The exquisite performance by Andrew Scott (ALL OF US STRANGERS) brings unforgettable insight and compassion to Charleson, and the story reflects the play’s eternal themes: lies, secrets, subterfuge; love and friendships; being alive and facing death. Simon Stone’s film, whose terrific cast includes Olivia Colman and Billie Piper, provides a timeless and resonant portrait of a man, in the throes of crisis, acting the best he can. –Zoë Elton
About the Telluride Film Festival
The Telluride Film Festival has been, for the last 50 years, a celebration of the art of film: honoring the great masters of the cinema, discovering the rare and unknown, bringing new works by the world’s greatest directors and the latest in American independent film to a small mountain town in Colorado. The New York Times called Telluride “the smallest, most original, and most stimulating of the major festivals,” while Entertainment Tonight simply said it was “the world’s best festival.”
About Telluride By The Sea
The Music Hall and the Telluride Film Festival collaborate on an exclusive presentation of six new features, brought directly from their Colorado debuts. This unique and intimate Portsmouth event treats audience members from across the Northeast to an exclusive peek into the Telluride experience—packing one September weekend in Portsmouth with the latest international cinema, private parties, great music, delicious food, and inspired conversations with other cinephiles of all ages, tastes, and backgrounds.
Schedule
Fri., 9/25 • 7pm • THE DEBUT
Sat., 9/26 • 1pm • FATHERLAND
Sat., 9/26 • 3:30pm • TENDER LOVING CARE
Sat., 9/26 • 7pm • INK
Sun., 9/27 • 12pm • WILD HORSE NINE
Sun., 9/27 • 3pm • ELSINORE
Sun., 9/27 • 6:30pm • BURGUNDY
