Don’t forget to buy your tickets for the opening of Lotus Eaters at Village East Cinema on April 5th at 8.20pm.
Screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director Alexandra McGuinness, as well as the actress Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star, Albert Nobbs) and the actor Benn Northover (Harry Potter)
“I find LOTUS EATERS an extraordinary portrayal and a critique of the contemporary rich set of British youth. The main strength of it, for me, comes from [McGuinness's] unique capacity to extract from her cast a real life authenticity, an authenticity that some viewers at the screening which I attended, mistook for real life. I overheard comments such as, Ah, how could this director work with such corrupted, wasted young people! This very special aspect of LOTUS EATERS reminds me on the authenticity that marked the early films of John Cassavetes.” Jonas MEKAS