City of San Mateo Parks and Recreation Department Senior Center Winter 2021 Title: The Bookshop Rate: PG Date: 2017 Length: 113mins Actors: Bill Nighy, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson Description: England, 1959. Free-spirited widow Florence Green risks everything to open a bookshop in a conservative East Anglian coastal town. While bringing about a surprising cultural awakening through works by Ray Bradbury and Vladimir Nabokov, she earns the polite but ruthless opposi- tion of a local grand dame and the support and affection of a reclusive book loving widower. As Florence's obstacles amass and bear suspicious signs of a local power struggle, she is forced to ask: is there a place for a bookshop in a town that may not want one? Film Discussion on Thursday, January 21st 1:30-2:30pm Register online at: www.sanmateorec.org Please remember if you need assistance contact us at 650-522-7490 City of San Mateo Parks and Recreation Department Senior Center Winter 2021 Title: Journey to Italy Rate: Unkown Date: 1954 Length: 86mins Actors: George Sanders, Ingrid Bergman, Maria Mauban Description: Among the most influential films of the post- war era, Roberto Rossellini's JOURNEY TO ITALY charts the declining marriage of a couple from England on a trip in the countryside near Naples. More than just the anatomy of a relationship, Rossellini's masterpiece is a heartrending work of emotion and spirituality. Considered a predecessor to the existentialist works of Michelangelo Antonioni and hailed as a groundbreaking modernist work by the legendary film journal Cahiers du cinema, JOURNEY TO ITALY is a breathtaking cinematic benchmark. Film Discussion on Thursday, January 21st 1:30-2:30pm Register online at: www.sanmateorec.org Please remember if you need assistance contact us at 650-522-7490 .