Cinema Scene

The drama follows the increasingly absurd trial of an elderly folksinger, who is accused of abetting a man’s suicide.
“‘Court’ is very funny even though it’s not a comedy. The acting is very real. It could have been acted as a comedy but then it wouldn’t have been funny. I laugh because the actors never let me forget this is a serious situation. That is the power of the movie,” Aditya says.
An impressive debut film, “Court” won prizes last year at fests in Vienna, Venice, Singapore, Goteborg and elsewhere. The accolades include the New Talent Award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and Best Feature Film at India’s National Film Awards.
Along with the two directors, actor-producer Vivek Gomber, who portrays the defence attorney, will be on hand for the post-screening talk. Registration opens at 4.30pm, with the screening at 5.30pm on Saturday in the fifth-floor auditorium. For details, check www.BACC.or.th

Also showing
 

Singapore Film Festival – Sample the cinematic offerings of the city-state until Sunday at SF World Cinema at CentralWorld. Among the highlights is the social satire “Unlucky Plaza” at 6 tonight and 2 tomorrow and a Muslim girl becoming a pro wrestler in “Banting” at 8.20 tonight and 4.30 on Sunday. Tomorrow’s line-up has the sambal goreng-infused Malay arthouse romance “Sayang Disayang” at 4.30, “Bring Back the Dead at 6.30 and “Ms J Contemplates Her Choice” at 8.20pm. Sunday’s programme also has the quirky romance “Singapore Girl” at 2.30. Free tickets are handed out 30 minutes before the shows. For details, check SFCinemaCity.com.

Friese-Greene Club – Jeremy Irons plays the oboe in the jungle in “The Mission”, a British triumph at the Cannes Film Festival that was actually a flop despite having Robert De Niro as a redemption-seeking mercenary and a score by Ennio Morricone. The club is closed for a private function tomorrow, but the show resumes on Sunday with director Frank Oz’s fun adaptation of the musical “Little Shop of Horrors”, starring a giant talking plant and Rick Moranis, with support from Steve Martin and Bill Murray. Shows are at 8pm. For details, check FGC.in.th.

Alliance Framcaise – Director Sylvain Chomet is best known for his animated features like “The Triplets of Belleville” and “The Illusionist”, but he turned to live-action for 2013’s “Attila Marcel:, an oddball comedy about a dysfunctional young man who was raised by his overly-attentive aunts. He seeks to break away from his sheltered existence, with the help of an eccentric neighbour lady. It screens at 7pm on Wednesday at the Alliance.

Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand – Last year’s ferry disaster in South Korea comes into focus in the controversial documentary “The Truth Shall Not Sink with Sewol”, which takes authorities to task for their slow response in mounting a rescue. The screening is at 7pm next Thursday. For details, check FCCThai.com.