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A young Parisian postman, Jules (Frederic Andrei), is obsessed with classical music and becomes entranced with the voice of American diva Cynthia Hawkins (Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez). She doesn't believe in being recorded, but Jules secretly records one of her performances. His recording gets mixed up with another tape that has the recorded testimony of a prostitute, Nadia, which reveals Dir: Jean- Jacques Beineix, 1981, France, 12 that an important public figure is also the boss of a drug trafficking and prostitution racket. Jules is now in danger from underworld enforcers and is also being sought by two Taiwanese men (who want the Hawkins tape). Somehow he must find a way to get himself out of the situation alive. 2 hr 3 min, 12. Subtitles. Stars: Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer After being fired from his boring job as a supermarket stock clerk in Los Angeles, a young punk rocker called Otto (Emilio Estevez) lands a job working for an eccentric automobile repossession agent named Bud (Harry Dean Stanton). Otto is reluctant at first but he soon grows to love his fast-paced work at the Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation, which involves hot-wiring cars, chases and good pay. After learning of a Chevy Malibu that has been Dir: Alex Cox, 1984, USA, 18 given a $20,000 repossession price tag, Otto embarks on a quest to find the car with the beautiful Leila (Olivia Barash), who claims that its trunk contains something otherworldly. 1 hr 35 min. 18. Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius (Jon Finch) becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious "Final Programme" that his father had been working on. The programme is contained on a microfilm that is locked away in the futuristic and heavily fortified Cornelius family mansion and a group of scientists, led by the ruthless Miss Brunner (Jenny Runacre), seek Cornelius's help in obtaining it. When Jerry's loathsome brother Frank (Derrick O’Connor) Films begin at 8pm Dir: Robert Fuest, 1973, UK, 15 absconds with the microfilm a chase across a war-torn Europe that is on the verge of anarchy unfolds. Based on the £6 / £5 conc apocalyptic sci-fi novel of the same name written by Michael Moorcock. 1 hr 34 min. 15. Stars: Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre, Sterling Hayden For more information More films overleaf... about the films and the rest of our arts Screen Seven is a member of Cinema for All, the national programme, visit: support and development organisation for film societies and community cinema. www.sevenleeds.co.uk In this cult road movie, a mechanic (Dennis Wilson) and a driver (James Taylor) live only to race and maintain their 1955 Chevy. Heading east from California with no particular agenda, they give a girl (Laurie Bird) a ride, and en route she incites jealousy between the two men by sleeping with them both. Meanwhile, the trio encounters an overbearing GTO driver (Warren Oates) who suggests that they undertake a cross-country road Dir: Monte Hellman, 1971, USA, 15 race to Washington DC, with each side putting at stake their most prized possession: their car. I hr 45 mins. 15. Stars: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird The film follows the fortunes of a 17-year-old London lad, Del (Del Walker), and his friends Roy, Chris and Geoff. The four fancy themselves as crooks but when they break into a cafe in Stratford, East London they only get away with small change and cake. They’re hardly master thieves but their lives are changed forever when they chance upon an old mate, Jo (Sam Shepherd). Jo is a career criminal who goes by the name of 'Bronco Bullfrog'. Del and Roy subsequently link up with Jo to Dir: Barney Platts-Mills, carry out a robbery that finds them out of their depth. 1969, UK, 15 Meanwhile Del meets Irene (Anne Gooding), a friend of a cousin of Chris', and they start a troubled relationship. 1 hr 30 min. 15. Stars: Del Walker, Anne Gooding, Sam Shepherd Tears of the Black Tiger (Fa Thalai Chon, literally, "the heavens strike the thief") is a melodramatic Thai Western. It’s the story of a tragic romance between Dum, a country-boy and fatalistic, working-class hero, who has become an outlaw, and Rumpoey, an upper- class city girl and daughter of a provincial governor. Rumpoey and Dum meet as students in Bangkok, nine years after they first formed a tender childhood friendship. But Dum's father is dying, having been Films begin at 8pm Dir: Wisit Sasanatieng 2000, attacked by a jealous bandit and, determined to avenge Thailand, 18 him, Dum joins a local gang and sets out to track down £6 / £5 conc the bandit killer. 1 hr 50 min. 18. Subtitles. Stars: Chartchai Ngamsan, Stella Malucchi, Supakorn Kitsuwon For more information Find us on Twitter and Facebook about the films and the rest of our arts programme, visit: Seven, 31A Harrogate Road, Leeds LS7 3PD www.sevenleeds.co.uk 0113 2626777 .