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September 2021 September 2021

A GIFT DAY WITH A DIFFERENCE! PURBECK FILM FESTIVAL 2021

In the interests of safety the Film
Festival is scaled down this year
and only larger venues are being
used. Briantspuddle Village Hall
qualifies in this respect and we
have been invited to participate.
Date - Friday 29 October 7 for
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7.30pm
Tickets – Adults £6: Students and
under 25s £5: available only online
this year on www.purbeckfilm.com
as of early September. If this is
difficult for you please phone me
on 01929 472733 and I will arrange
your purchase. Payment can be
made at the door on the night.

Refreshments will be available.
We will adhere to whatever Covid
regulations are in force at the time.

Film – ‘The Personal History of David
Copperfield’ a comedy/drama
directed and co-written by
Armando Iannucci.
On a lovely summer afternoon, in the front garden of Cruck Cottage on the 17 This sharp-witted script puts a fresh and very funny spin on Dickens’ classic novel.
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July, St Laurence’s church held a Gift Day with a difference. The church gave Described by one critic as a ‘wonderfully entertaining film which manages to
away cream teas in a bag! both respect and reinvent the novel from which it takes its lead, creating
something new and exciting in the process ‘
Rev. Sandra Williams and the PCC
thought it was time to let people The cast includes – Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi and Ben
see that the church was definitely Whishaw.
up and running as it had been all
through the Covid pandemic, but Duration – just under 2 hours
more quietly. So instead of the Rating – PG
usual standing outside the Village
Hall with a begging bowl, it was Do come. This film is described as ‘exuberantly optimistic’. Just what we need
decided that the church would do right now!
the giving. All together 72 cream
teas were given away – these Maggie Hoyle.
included 2/3 homemade scones, a

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