(15, 235 mins)
Director: Edgar Reitz
Stars: Jan Dieter Schneider, Antonia Bill,Maximilian Scheidt
See it and keep an eye out for Home From Home: Chronicle Of A Vision which is 82-year-old Heimat director Edgar Reitz’s fascinating study of a fictional Rhineland community in the 19th century.
HOME FROM HOME - CHRONICLE OF A VISION Trailer - Festival 2013
On paper it is a yawn, especially when you clock the four-hour running time, but you will be sucked in to the lives of the characters and the mesmerising detail of their existence.
(PG, 86 mins)
Director: Louise Osmond
Finally there is Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story Of Dream Alliance which picked up the Audience Award in the documentary category at Sundance and is unmissable.
Directed by Louise Osmond, the film follows the extraordinary and moving experience of a syndicate in an extremely poor Welsh mining village who came to own a thoroughbred that defied their expectations.
Dark Horse- The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance trailer
Bred from a £1,000 mare, which the group haggled down to £350, the horse proved to be the ultimate investment and the finest example of victory born out of dedication. Home-grown and inspiring, in racing terms it’s a sure thing.
VERDICT: 4/5
Henry Fitzherbert is back soon