Theatr Mwldan Film Society / Cymdeithas Ffilm Theatr Mwldan

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Michael Moore | USA | 2009 | Cast | Awards

Never one to shy away from controversy, Michael Moore returns to the issue he’s been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world). Moore takes us into the homes of ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down by the global financial crisis; and he goes looking for explanations in Washington, DC and elsewhere. What he finds are the all-too-familiar symptoms of a love affair gone astray: lies, abuse, betrayal…and 14,000 jobs being lost every day. With both humour and outrage, this stunning domumentary explores a taboo question: What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism?

Mae’r dadleuol Michael Moore yn ôl ac unwaith eto mae’n ymchwilio’r pwnc bu’n agos at ei galon trwy gydol ei yrfa: effaith drychinebus goruchafiaeth gorfforedig ar fywydau Americanwyr cyffredin. Ffilm ddogfen sy’n archwilio cwestiwn gwaharddedig: Pa bris mae America’n talu am ei chariad tuag at gyfalafiaeth?

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Michael Moore | USA | 2009 | Cast | Awards

Never one to shy away from controversy, Michael Moore returns to the issue he’s been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world). Moore takes us into the homes of ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down by the global financial crisis; and he goes looking for explanations in Washington, DC and elsewhere. What he finds are the all-too-familiar symptoms of a love affair gone astray: lies, abuse, betrayal…and 14,000 jobs being lost every day. With both humour and outrage, this stunning domumentary explores a taboo question: What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism?

Mae’r dadleuol Michael Moore yn ôl ac unwaith eto mae’n ymchwilio’r pwnc bu’n agos at ei galon trwy gydol ei yrfa: effaith drychinebus goruchafiaeth gorfforedig ar fywydau Americanwyr cyffredin. Ffilm ddogfen sy’n archwilio cwestiwn gwaharddedig: Pa bris mae America’n talu am ei chariad tuag at gyfalafiaeth?

(15) John Hillcoat | 2009 | 112’ | Cast | Awards

A frighteningly convincing view of a possible future, meticulous in creating its visceral beauty and horror, this brilliantly directed adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Viggo Mortensen as an unnamed man traveling with his young son through a post-apocalyptic landscape. Man and boy head towards the coast, not knowing what, if anything, awaits them there, but trying to keep alive the idea of goodness and civilization in a world where survival is a daily struggle. As the world around them is dying, what endures is the love between father and son, and a final, tender affirmation of hope.

Ffilm sydd wedi ei gosod mewn tirwedd ôl-apocolyptaidd sy’n dangos dyfodol posibl brawychus o argyhoeddiadol. Viggo Mortensen sy’n chwarae rhan dyn sy’n teithio gyda’i fab tuag at yr arfordir, heb wybod beth, os unrhyw beth, sydd yn eu disgwyl yno. Tra bod y byd o’u cwmpas yn marw, yr hyn sy’n parhau yw cariad tad a mab, a chadarnhad terfynol tyner o obaith.

“Hillcoat’s vision is forthright and brutal” The Times

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(15) John Hillcoat | 2009 | 112’ | Cast | Awards

A frighteningly convincing view of a possible future, meticulous in creating its visceral beauty and horror, this brilliantly directed adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Viggo Mortensen as an unnamed man traveling with his young son through a post-apocalyptic landscape. Man and boy head towards the coast, not knowing what, if anything, awaits them there, but trying to keep alive the idea of goodness and civilization in a world where survival is a daily struggle. As the world around them is dying, what endures is the love between father and son, and a final, tender affirmation of hope.

Ffilm sydd wedi ei gosod mewn tirwedd ôl-apocolyptaidd sy’n dangos dyfodol posibl brawychus o argyhoeddiadol. Viggo Mortensen sy’n chwarae rhan dyn sy’n teithio gyda’i fab tuag at yr arfordir, heb wybod beth, os unrhyw beth, sydd yn eu disgwyl yno. Tra bod y byd o’u cwmpas yn marw, yr hyn sy’n parhau yw cariad tad a mab, a chadarnhad terfynol tyner o obaith.

“Hillcoat’s vision is forthright and brutal” The Times

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(18) | Jacques Audiard | 2009 | 155’ | Cast | Awards

French filmmaker Jacques Audiard has followed 2005’s hitThe Beat that My Heart Skipped with this movie which won Best Film in November’s London Film Festival. A Prophet is an engrossing, terrifying prison drama about Malik, a young French-Arab convict who enters a tough French jail and finds himself with even less freedom than he bargained for. Successfully balancing art-film portraiture with a gangster picture’s plot, this is a tough, absorbingly intricate account of the young French-Arab thug’s improbable education behind bars.

Drama frawychus a gafaelgar wedi ei gosod mewn carchar yn Ffrainc. Mae’n dilyn Malik, carcharwr Ffrengig-Arabaidd sy’n sylweddoli fod ganddo hyd yn oed llai o ryddid na’r disgwyl.

“When it comes to hard-bitten crime cinema, Jacques Audiard has few equals in Europe” Screen

(18) | Jacques Audiard | 2009 | 155’ | Cast | Awards

French filmmaker Jacques Audiard has followed 2005’s hitThe Beat that My Heart Skipped with this movie which won Best Film in November’s London Film Festival. A Prophet is an engrossing, terrifying prison drama about Malik, a young French-Arab convict who enters a tough French jail and finds himself with even less freedom than he bargained for. Successfully balancing art-film portraiture with a gangster picture’s plot, this is a tough, absorbingly intricate account of the young French-Arab thug’s improbable education behind bars.

Drama frawychus a gafaelgar wedi ei gosod mewn carchar yn Ffrainc. Mae’n dilyn Malik, carcharwr Ffrengig-Arabaidd sy’n sylweddoli fod ganddo hyd yn oed llai o ryddid na’r disgwyl.

“When it comes to hard-bitten crime cinema, Jacques Audiard has few equals in Europe” Screen

(12A) | Romania | 2008 | 131’ | Cast | Awards | Subtitles

A collection of five wry and amusing urban myths that circulated under Ceausescu’s paranoid regime, the period he called ‘The Golden Age of the Romanian People’. Full of bleak humour, these stories poke fun at the bizarre lengths people had to go to survive. From the director of 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, this has a similar blend of the extraordinary just beneath the surface of the everyday. Inevitably, in a country where food is short, finding enough to eat is a recurring theme. One tense tale tells of a family’s attempt to slaughter a pig in their flat without the neighbour’s hearing. Simply told with well-drawn characters these well-judged stories have an easy charm and a telling take on what makes people tick.

Gosodwyd y ffilm hon yn Rwmania, adeg cyfundrefn Ceausescu. Yn llawn hiwmor noeth, mae’r ffilm yn gasgliad o straeon sy’n gwneud sbort ar yr hyn y bydd pobl yn barod i wneud er mwyn goroesi.

“Absurd, hilarious, poignant and curiously affectionate” Wendy Ide, The Times

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Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan | 2008 | 114’ | Cast | Awards | Subtitles

Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Yoshio Harada, Yui Natsukawa

From the director of Afterlife and Maborosi, this, in its unassertive way, feels as piercingly true as cinema ever gets. At a family reunion, there are no ‘dramatic’ incidents and the tone is generally light and humorous as memories, resentments and regrets come to the surface. We see all that unites and divides this particular family as the stiff old doctor, his wife, son, daughter and their spouses eat, bicker, smile and try to get along. A wise, gentle film that gives one much to ponder about family life.

Ffilm sy’n canolbwyntio ar aduniad un teulu, a’r holl atgofion, dicterau ac edifarhau sydd ynghlwm. Mae’n ddoeth ac yn dyner ac yn rhoi digon i ni ystyried am fywyd teuluol.

“moviemaking of a rare emotional subtlety.” Time Out

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Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan | 2008 | 114’ | Cast | Awards | Subtitles

Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Yoshio Harada, Yui Natsukawa

From the director of Afterlife and Maborosi, this, in its unassertive way, feels as piercingly true as cinema ever gets. At a family reunion, there are no ‘dramatic’ incidents and the tone is generally light and humorous as memories, resentments and regrets come to the surface. We see all that unites and divides this particular family as the stiff old doctor, his wife, son, daughter and their spouses eat, bicker, smile and try to get along. A wise, gentle film that gives one much to ponder about family life.

Ffilm sy’n canolbwyntio ar aduniad un teulu, a’r holl atgofion, dicterau ac edifarhau sydd ynghlwm. Mae’n ddoeth ac yn dyner ac yn rhoi digon i ni ystyried am fywyd teuluol.

“moviemaking of a rare emotional subtlety.” Time Out

(15) Ramin Bahrani | 2008 | 91’ | Cast | Awards

On the lonely roads of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, two men forge an improbable friendship that will change both of their lives forever. Solo is a Senegalese cab driver working to provide a better life for his young family. William is a tough Southern good ol’ boy with a lifetime of regrets. One man’s American dream is just beginning, while the other’s is quickly winding down. But despite their differences, both men soon realize they need each other more than either is willing to admit. Through an unlikely but unforgettable friendship, this quietly serious and moving film deftly explores the passing of a generation, as well as the rapidly changing face of America.

Ffilm hyfryd am gyfeillgarwch annhebygol. Mae Solo yn yrrwr tacsi o Senegal sy’n gweithio i greu bywyd gwell i’w deulu ifanc. Mae William yn hen ŵr a’i fywyd yn llawn edifeirwch. Mae breuddwyd Americanaidd un yn dechrau, tra bod breuddwyd y llall yn gyflym dirwyn i ben.