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Mother Vera

Dir: Cécile Embleton, Alys Tomlinson
95mins   2024   UK   Certificate: 12A   Belarusian | French | English    Subtitled    F-Rated

Fri 24 October, 17:45: Q&A screening with co-director Alys Tomlinson

In a hidden Orthodox monastery in Belarus, Mother Vera weaves the inner world of an unorthodox young nun with the community that saved her life.

After 20 years as a monastic, Vera faces deep inner conflict. Now, she must confront her past and trust her instincts to find the liberation she desires.

'The film resists easy resolution, offering instead a complex and highly affecting opportunity to step into the inner world of a woman constantly searching for spiritual freedom' - Nathan Lewis, Little White Lies

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Showtimes


Fri 24 October

17:45