Film Club - The Wicker Man

Film Club - The Wicker Man

Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 8.00pm
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A puritan Police Sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the Pagan locals claim never existed.

When a girl goes missing on the remote Hebridean island of Summerisle, Sgt. Howie is dispatched from the mainland to assist in the search; a devout Catholic, Howie is appalled at the island community’s archaic rituals, sexual liberation, and pagan belief system.

Community leader Lord Summerisle (an imperious Christopher Lee) explains to Howie how the islanders have adopted the ways of the ‘old Gods’ to bring prosperity to their people. But these gods must be appeased if next year’s crops are to yield a bountiful harvest. Steeped in a singular atmosphere, the lm builds inexorably to a terrifying climax.

DIR: Robin Hardy, 88 mins, UK, 1973

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Added by The Source Arts Centre on 6 September 2023

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