A special showing for family audiences of the classic Dickens adaptation, presented with the IFI David Lean season. This black and white film grasps the depth and richness of Dicken’s characters in the story of Pip who is given the chance to improve his lot, through the benevolence of a mystery gentleman. Memorable characters such as Miss Havisham, Estella, and Herbert Pocket come truly alive with Lean’s direction, while Pip, played by John Mills, convinces as the naïve and curious boy navigating his way through some terrifying encounters, such as Magwitch in the graveyard. Atmospheric and memorable, the writer’s Victorian Kent and London have rarely been so well imagined.

This screening will be shown on 35mm.

Tickets for IFI Family screenings are €7.00 (Individual), and €23.00 (Family of 4).

Notes by Alicia McGivern.

Screening as part of The Films of David Lean season.