{"id":1671,"date":"2016-12-09T23:18:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T23:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2017-07-19T19:12:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T19:12:25","slug":"love-and-friendship-countries-thursday-6-february-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/2016\/12\/love-and-friendship-countries-thursday-6-february-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY, 8PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8MaSK3POHI0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>A flat-out hilarious period drama based on Jane Austen&#8217;s comic gem novella. \u00a0A seductive widow uses her razor-sharp wit and wiles to win the ultimate prize &#8211; the heart of an eligible bachelor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With razor-sharp wit and a cunning that can\u2019t be underestimated, the beautiful and recently widowed Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale) takes up residence with her in-laws in a bid to win the heart of the eligible Reginald De Courcy, her sister-in-law\u2019s wealthy and dashing younger brother. Using merciless tactics and resourcefulness, Susan out-manoeuvres all who stand in her way, while also charming and enchanting when required.<\/p>\n<p>Filmed entirely in Ireland and directed by Whit Stillman (<em>Metropolitan<\/em>), this adaptation of Jane Austen\u2019s <em>Lady Susan<\/em> is a delightful jaunt where manners and social standing are key, and a lady is only as good as her last husband. <em>Love &amp; Friendship<\/em> is a rarity: an 18<sup>th<\/sup> century period drama with an over-arching sense of fun.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;One of the best films of the year.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; \u00a0Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Flat-out hilarious.\u00a0 Jane Austen has never been funnier.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; The Telegraph<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;A triumph.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; New York Times Critics&#8217; Pick<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Witty and winning. Kate Beckinsale and Whit Stillman do Jane Austen proud.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; The Guardian<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\/Netherlands\/France 2016| Language: English | 93 minutes | Cert: G<\/p>\n<p>Director: Whit Stillman<\/p>\n<p>Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny,\u00a0Xavier Samuel<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A flat-out hilarious period drama based on Jane Austen&#8217;s comic gem novella. \u00a0A seductive widow uses her razor-sharp wit and wiles to win the ultimate prize &#8211; the heart of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1671"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1753,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions\/1753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}