The Seagull:

SPECIAL SCREENING AT STAR CINEMA

On Monday, Jul. 16 at 1 p.m., Sidney’s Star Cinema will hold a special screening of The Seagull in support of the 2019 Sidney Literary Festival.

The Seagull is a 2018 American drama directed by Michael Mayer, with a screenplay by Stephen Karam, based on the Anton Chekhov play. The film stars Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening, Elizabeth Moss and Corey Stoll.

An aging actress pays summer visits to her brother and her son on a country estate in Russia. On one occasion, she brings Boris, a successful novelist and her lover. Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighbouring estate, falls in love with Boris.

The New York Times reported that “Ms. Bening, Ms. Moss and Ms. Ronan, in particular, are superb. Each one finds the individuality that Chekhov, with uncanny sympathy and sly gallantry, imparted to his female characters. The cast is great. The film is great.”

The Star Cinema, 9842 3rd St., Sidney. $10. starcinema.ca sidneyliteraryfestival.ca