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Join us at 7:30 p.m. Monday, October 20, for a free advance screening of “Hedda,” writer-director Nia DaCosta’s playful, sexy reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s renowned stage drama from 1891, starring Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss and Imogene Poots.
Set in early 20th-century England, the film follows the titular Hedda (Tessa Thompson), a recently married woman from a good family whose desire for further wealth has put her academic husband George into debt.
The couple has recently returned from their extended honeymoon abroad to a country estate they cannot really afford. That is, unless George gets a prestigious professorship and an endowment at the university where he teaches. Hedda devises a party allegedly to help him achieve this goal.
Things appear to be going well until the arrival of fellow academic Eileen Lovborg (Nina Hoss), a recently sober alcoholic and Hedda’s ex-lover.
As Hedda manipulates to undo all the work that Eileen’s new companion, Thea (Imogen Poots), has done to sober her up, her real objective for the party becomes clear.
Admission is free but registration required at link above.
