 Meavy Cinema
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
 Meavy Parish Hall
Friday 7th September, 8:00pm
Doors open at 7:30pm, film starts at
8:00pm
Admission £5.00, pay at the door.
Children under 12, admission £2, must
be with an adult.
Certificate: 12A
Runtime: 124 mins.
Set in 1946, a London based writer forms an unexpected bond with the
residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II. They write
about events that occured during the German occupation of the island. She
then decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.
This correspondence begins between Juliet Ashton and members of The
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, with them sharing
their experiences of Nazi Occupied Guernsey. When an idea for
a book catches Juliet she goes to visit the island, making lifelong
friends and taking life changing steps along the way.
In the book the story is told by way of letters and as the reader,
you become enchanted by the writers of them and the love Juliet
comes to feel for each of the Islanders; Dawsey, Amelia, Isola,
Eben, Kit and Elizabeth. A beautiful story of love, friendship
and the sadness of friends lost.
And the unusual name? In 1941, a group of four Guernsey
residents are walking at nighttime in occupied Guernsey. They
are stopped by a German patrol for breaching curfew. When
asked for their reason, one of the women notices a book in the
pocket of one of the Germans and says that they were at a book
group. Collectively, they make up the book group's name, the
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and so mamage to
avoid arrest.
See
Cinema.Meavy for more
details and trailer.
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