VIFC Film Center-Vancity Theatre presents Adam's Apples

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Visually stunning, Adam's Apples is the kind of film that makes you squirm, laugh and gasp simultaneously. - Steve Gravestock, TIFF ADAM'S APPLES

	March 30-31, April 1-2, 5 Fri 9:00, Sat 7:00, Sun 9:00, Mon 7:00, Thu 9:00 Director: Andres Thomas Jensen // Cast: Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen // Denmark/Germany 2005 // 94 minutes // 35mm // In Danish with English subtitles // www.adamsapplesthemovie.net
VANCOUVER PREMIERE // VANCITY THEATRE EXCLUSIVE One of Denmark's most exciting young directors and scriptwriters (he co-wrote Susanne Bier's Brothers), Anders Thomas Jensen demonstrated his talent for wicked comedy with The Green Butchers, a Festival hit in 2003. His penchant for subversion and outrage is even more evident in Adam's Apples, a decidedly twisted parody of spiritual redemption melodramas. Fresh from prison, middle-aged neo-Nazi atheist Adam (Ulrich Thomsen) is sent to live in a country church for a stint of community service. Ivan (Casino Royale supervillain Mads Mikkelsen), the priest charged with his reform, maintains a delusional optimism as a defense against darker truths in his past and all around him. Asked to set a goal for his stay, Adam nonchalantly sets the bar pretty low: he'll bake an apple cake. But when the church's beloved lone apple tree is beset, in short order, by crows, worms and lightning, and fallen bibles keep opening to "The Book of Job," it's clear that the thunderclouds above the parish have blown in straight from the Old Testament, and a test of faith is at hand. The pitchest of black comedies, Anders Thomas Jensen's wickedly funny film reverberates with profane dialogue, appalling behaviour and strategic use of the Bee Gees, as Adam only somewhat maliciously sets out to dismantle Ivan's sunny armour... Assuredly filmed in frosty blues and suitably stormy weather, Adam's Apples is a sly religious parable by a writer/director with a bracing talent for dark, astringent humour.-Steve Mockus, San Francisco Film Festival Anders Thomas Jensen was born in Frederiksværk, Denmark. Two of his short films, Ernst & the Light (codirector, 96) and Wolfgang (97), were nominated for Academy Awards® for best short film (live action), and his film Election Night (98) won that award in 1998. He wrote three acclaimed films that adhered to the Dogme 95 manifesto: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's Mifune (99), Kristian Levring's The King Is Alive (01) and Susanne Bier's Open Hearts (Dogme) (02). He also co-wrote Bier's Brothers (04). His first feature film was Flickering Lights (00), which was followed by The Green Butchers (03) and Adam's Apples (05). Danish Academy Awards (Robert Festival): Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Special Effects Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film: Audience Award - Best Film, Golden Raven Award to Anders Thomas Jensen, Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film Hamburg Film Festival: Best Film European Film Awards: Audience Award (nominated), Best Screenwriter Screeners available. High resolution photos at : Adam's Apple

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Double Bill Pricing!
The Vancity Theatre is offering double bills at a special price. At just $12 for two films ($10 for Students/Seniors and Bronze and above members), it's one of the cheapest (and still most comfy) seats in town!

Note: Double Bill pricing is not available for online sales. However, you can purchase your first ticket online at the regular price and get the double-bill price on the second ticket when you arrive at the box office. Double Bills are two consecutive films on the same day at the Vancity Theatre; rentals and Special Events are not included.

Adult tickets: $9.50 (Double Bill - $12)

Student/Senior $7.50 (Double Bill - $10)

Matinees $7.50

Bronze and above members receive a $2 discount on their tickets. (Double Bill - $10)
Silver and above members also receive a $2 discount for a guest ticket.

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