Francesca - Gala Screening at the Ulster Museum

*Please note that this screening will take place at the Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens - NOT at QFT.  Tickets on the day will be available to buy at QFT until 5pm and then at the Museum from 6pm - (cash only).*

The Romanian Embassy and The Romanian Cultural Institute in London,
 
in partnership with the Ulster Museum and with the kind support of Queens Film Theatre and Romanian Self Support Group, 
 
present
 
the Gala Screening of Francesca
 
Followed by Q&A session with director Bobby Paunescu and leading actress Monica Barladeanu

One of the opening films of the 2009 Venice Film Festival, acclaimed drama Francesca is the debut of Bobby Paunescu, a leading Romanian film-maker. Francesca is a young kindergarten teacher whose dream is to leave Romania and migrate to Italy for a better life. She is relying on her boyfriend Mita to join her in Italy as soon as he finishes a small business he's involved in, but her plans are threatened as painful truths come to light. Paunescu expertly builds a tragic sense of entrapment around Francesca's flight.

More details at http://www.icr-london.co.uk/