This month’s film, on August 31, is Road Dance (2022), a Scottish drama directed by Richie Adams. 

The film runs for 117 minutes and is rated M. 

It is an adaptation of John MacKay's award-winning novel of the same name, which is apparently based on a true story the author heard when he was a child. 

The Road Dance is set in a small crofting community in the Scottish Outer Hebrides on the Isle of Lewis during conscription for World War I.

The film is about Kirsty MacLeod (Hermione Corfield) who dreams of a better life away from the isolation that suffocates her in a small village. 

Suppressing these aspirations, she sees her lover Murdo (Will Fletcher) conscripted for service in the war, soon to set off and fight alongside the other young men from the village.

A road dance is held in their honour the evening before they depart, and it’s on this fateful evening that Kirsty’s life takes a dramatic and tragic turn.

This film is a story that is inspired by thousands of true events unrecorded by history. 

It is a heartfelt, nostalgic film with traditional, almost old-fashioned storytelling. Beyond all, it is a story of family bonding.

The film starts at 8pm and doors open at 7.30pm.  

Entrance is by membership only, as this is a requirement of film societies for buying the rights to show the film.

We have a 2024 waiting list and any queries or applications for a membership form can be made at phillipislandmovieclub@gmail.com

Our next film Brokers will be on September 28.