{"id":935,"date":"2014-07-25T21:52:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T21:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/?p=935"},"modified":"2015-08-31T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T13:36:49","slug":"the-rocket-thursday-13-november-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/2014\/07\/the-rocket-thursday-13-november-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ROCKET &#8211; Thursday 13 November, 8pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Laos: \u00a0Good-natured Ahlo has no idea of the tragic circumstances which surrounded his birth. \u00a0His childhood seems to be ill-fated: when his family has to leave their village to make way for a dam, a terrible accident follows. Together with his father and grandmother, he is sent to a camp where he incurs the wrath of the other camp-dwellers. \u00a0They soon make up their mind that Ahlo is cursed and brings bad luck. His only friend is Kia, who lives with her uncle Purple and knows all too well what it\u2019s like to be an outcast. The group\u2019s search for a new home leads them through the Laotian outback. Here, they come across a rocket festival that holds an entire village on tenderhooks. At last, Ahlo sees a chance to prove he is lucky rather than cursed and he takes part in the dangerous competition. The Rocket combines this boy\u2019s moving story with a fascinating insight into living conditions in a country shaped by poverty and superstition. &#8211; Berlin International Film Festival 2013 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: Kim Morduant.\u00a0 Laos, Australia, 2013.\u00a0 Language: Lao. \u00a096 minutes.\u00a0 Cert: CLUB<\/p>\n<p><em>A likable film whose gentleness contrasts with subject.\u00a0 This Laos-set drama about a firework competition \u2013 and unexploded wartime ordnance \u2013 is sweet natured, if low-key.<\/em> &#8211; The Guardian<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.therocket-movie.com\/\">Click here for website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starring: \u00a0Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Thep Phongam, Bunsri Yindi, Sumrit Warin, Alice Kohavong<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_kQcBeo8C90?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laos: \u00a0Good-natured Ahlo has no idea of the tragic circumstances which surrounded his birth. \u00a0His childhood seems to be ill-fated: when his family has to leave their village to make&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1358,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions\/1358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}