The Devils (18) + Introduction by director Ken Russell

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The Devils (18) + Introduction by director Ken Russell 8.30pm / Second Ever Official UK Screening 1 May 2011 Cinema 1 (Silk St)
Tickets: Standard - £8.50 online (£10.50 full price) / Barbican Members - £6.50 online (£8.50 full price) / Concessions £7.50 / Under 15 £5.50 / £6.50 Monday Madness subject to availability	sold out

Introduced by director Ken Russell. The complete version of Russell’s infamous masterpiece arrives for its second ever UK screening. Breathtaking sets by Derek Jarman and Russell’s confrontational use of religious, sexual and violent imagery conjure a vision of damnation in 17th-century France. Outspoken, promiscuous priest Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed) is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed Mother Superior (Vanessa Redgrave). As rumours of demonic possession spreads to the local nuns, Grandier’s resistance to the encroaching power of the state results in him being made the victim of a show trial in a climate of public hysteria. Based on events documented in Aldous Huxley’s The Devils of Loudun, this is a potentially once in a lifetime chance to see a lost, deeply disturbing British classic. UK 1971 Dir. Ken Russell 109 min. RSVP to this event on Facebook Part of East End Film Festival Arthouse, Blockbusters, Festivals and Seasons Barbican Film - London's most diverse cinema