Sackville Film Society: FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS

Oct 13. Vogue Theatre, Thursdays 7:30 PM

Singles $10., six packs $48 & full season memberships available at box office all welcome

Dir. STEPHEN FREARS, UK 2016, 111 min. Directed by Stephen Frears (Philomena, The Queen), Florence Foster Jenkins tells the inspirational true story of the eponymous New York heiress who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great singer. The film celebrates the human spirit, the power of music and the passion of amateurs everywhere. The voice Florence (Meryl Streep) heard in her head was divine, but to the rest of the world it was hilariously awful. At private recitals, her devoted husband and manager, St Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant), managed to protect Florence from the truth. But when Florence decided to give her first public concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall, St Clair realized he had perhaps bitten off more than he could chew.