Waterloo Sunset

Contact

Organizer: Keswick Alhambra Cinema

Name: Keswick Alhambra Cinema

Phone: 017687 72195

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://keswickalhambra.co.uk/KeswickAlhambra.dll/WhatsOn?f=425991

Address

St. Johns Street
Keswick, Cumbria,
Keswick
CA12 5AG

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Direction

The Alhambra Cinema is located in St Johns Street just up from the Market Square.

Details

Poignant, heartbreaking, yet incredibly uplifting, Waterloo Sunset is a documentary about the nation’s invisible minority and growing older in Britain today. Filmed over three months last summer, independent filmmaker Harvey Marcus tells the story of the amazing 18th Century Hopton’s Almshouse, beside the Thames, and the equally remarkable elderly residents who now find themselves dwarfed by luxury apartments and sky-scraping office blocks, contending with a world that’s changing around them. 

Described by film critic Jason Solomons as ‘gorgeous and full of great characters’ the film mourns the loss of community and a forgotten generation, but in the shape of residents like 93 year old yoga teacher, Jenny, and crooner Shamus, 76 years young and still dreaming of pop stardom, Waterloo Sunset also offers hope and inspiration for the future. 

Recent Interview about Waterloo Sunset on London Live TV: https://www.londonlive.co.uk/arts-and-culture/new-documentary-highlights-what-life-is-like-for- londons-older-generations/

Genre: Documentary
Running time: 90 minutes
Director: Harvey Marcus

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