Showing: 27 October 2023 , 29 October 2023 , 01 November 2023
Set amidst the backdrop of the Second World War Britain, A Canterbury Tale is Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s (A Matter of Life and Death) compelling reworking of Chaucer’s epic story.
Largely set in Kent, A Canterbury Tale revolves around an American army sergeant, a British soldier, and a land girl who, before making a modern-day pilgrimage to Canterbury, solve the bizarre mystery of a man who pours glue over the hair of village girls at night.
Originally a box office flop for the Archers (Powell and Pressburger’s collective handle), A Canterbury Tale is a whodunnit, war film and comedy wrapped in one magical film and has since been rightly reassessed as a gentle, personal masterpiece.