Please note this event is taking place in the Green Room not the Auditorium.
The Eclectic Cinema Presents:
Wuthering Heights (15)
UK | 2011 | 129 mins
Directed by: Andrea Arnold
Starring: As Cathy: Shannon Beer & Kaya Scodelario
As Heathcliff: Solomon Glave & James Howson
As a companion-piece to The Playhouse Company’s stage production of Brontë (by Polly Teale), we are screening Wuthering Heights. There are many film adaptations to choose from, but this is the one directed by Andrea Arnold and it’s interesting for several reasons. First, it captures the atmosphere of the Yorkshire setting extremely well – rain, mists and mud, as well as exceptional beauty. Second, Arnold eschewed big stars in the cast and chose her Cathy and Heathcliff to be younger than usually portrayed, but more in keeping with Emily Brontë’s book. And third, she was the first to cast Black actors in the Heathcliff role.
The narrative you probably know, but essentially it is a tale of love and passion between Cathy (daughter of Farmer Earnshaw of Wuthering Heights) and Heathcliff (a homeless boy taken in by the Earnshaw family).
Please note that the stage production of Brontë is on at the Playhouse before this film screening: it runs in the main auditorium 18-21 September 2024.
