Still Alice

The screening on Wed 15 April at 11.45am is Parent & Baby – our exclusive screenings for parents/carers of a baby under one. Tickets can be bought at Box Office or by calling 01604 624811. Baby goes free. No baby, no entry.

Director: Wash Westmoreland,Richard Glatzer
Cast: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, Kristen Stewart, Hunter Parish, Voctoria Cartagena, Erin Darke

Alice is a linguistics professor married to the wealthy, loving John (Baldwin) and is secretly diagnosed with genetically driven Alzheimer’s after noticing her memory failing. The deterioration accelerates, and worse still, one of her children tests positive for the same gene.

Julianne Moore’s powerful, Oscar-winning performance as Alice holds great resonance as she tries to come to terms with her situation and remain positive, despite her fading personality.

We see through her eyes and experience the disorientation she feels as the outside world slips beyond her reach. When the light of recognition dims, her family’s determination to make her as comfortable as possible is heartbreaking and inspiring.

Co-directors/writers Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland(Quinceañera) convey the tragedy of Alice’s fate while affirming the strength of the human spirit in this ultimately uplifting story.