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"Reel to Real" Movie Nights
Join us this coming: July 15, 2024
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The Island (2006): Screening Monday, July 15th
During World War II, the sailor Anatoly and his captain, Tikhon, are captured by the Germans when they board their tugboat. The Germans offer Anatoly the choice to be shot or to shoot Tikhon and stay alive, which Anatoly takes. He shoots, and Tikhon falls overboard. The Germans blow up the ship but Anatoly is found by Russian Orthodox monks on the shore the next morning. He survives and lives at the monastery but is perpetually overcome with guilt. Thirty years pass. Anatoly now has the gifts of prophecy and healing. But the other monks do not really understand him. People come to see Anatoly for cures and guidance. He remains in a perpetual state of repentance...
Our films in this series include:
July 8 Of Gods and Men (2010)
July 15 The Island (2006)
July 22 A Hidden Life (2019)
July 29 The Children of Men (2006)
August 5 At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
August 12 NO FILM
August 19 Gran Torino (2008)
August 26 Into Great Silence (2005)