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The UK's Leading fantasy & horror film festival.
The Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, London 27th to 31st August 2009
It's so good it's scary - The Guardian
The premiere event of the year for horror fans - Time Out
6.30 PM - MONDAY 31ST - HEARTLESS (18) Directed by Philip Ridley. Starring Jim Sturgess, Timothy Spall, Clemence Poesy, Noel Clarke and Joseph Rawle. UK, 2009, 90 minutes.
WORLD PREMIERE - We’ve been waiting for a new movie from visionary artist Philip Ridley since THE PASSION OF DARKLY NOON in 1995. Now, finally, THE REFLECTING SKIN director returns to the celluloid dream world. HEARTLESS is the menacing and magical tale of Jamie (ACROSS THE UNIVERSE star Jim Sturgess) born with a heart-shaped birthmark on his face. Shunned by those who find him repulsive, the photographer’s son lives in a part of London’s East End notorious for gang violence. When his mother is viciously murdered, the media reports it’s by a hoodie wearing a devil mask. But Jamie soon realizes the thugs aren’t wearing disguises at all; they really are demons and hell on earth is beginning to plague the capital city. Yet all is not what it seems in enfant terrible Ridley’s unique horror fantasy landscape ingeniously informed by the current climate of fear running through every strata of modern society.
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