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Belated 70th birthday celebration of a cinematic provocateur

The Boss of It All

with English subtitles

Lars von Trier, 2006, Denmark/France/Germany/Iceland/Italy/Sweden, 99mins, 15

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Sun 5 July // 19:30 / Cinema

Tickets: £7/£5/£3/£0

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It’s Sunday evening. The evening before Monday. Why not come to enjoy a ridiculous and hilarious office story just before you have to return to your own office?

If you know about Lars von Trier and his films, “comedy” might not be a word you would immediately connect to his name. After all, it seems unexpected that a director who claims “a film should be like a stone in your shoe” would want to make a comedy and give his audience some light-hearted laugh on a Sunday evening. But while he’s famous as a daring provocateur of contemporary cinema, he’s also a master of irony and someone who never takes himself too seriously: he makes fun of conventional hypocrisy, he makes fun of genre rules, and he makes fun of the crime and glory of artists – himself first of all. He never intends to be a preacher of cold hard lessons. He’s a singular figure who puts a spark of humour in even (and especially) his sharpest provocation.

On the occasion of Lars von Trier turning 70 on 30th April this year, and the release of a new 4K restoration of The Boss of It All, we present this rare chance of appreciating this unusual comedy on a cinema screen. Come discover another side of the master of provocation – or come for a laugh and then forget everything you’ve seen guilt-free.