Capital Celluloid 2017 - Day 317: Thu Nov 16

Who Can Kill A Child? (Serrador, 1976): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 8.40pm


This 35mm presentation, part of the Cult strand at BFI Southbank, is also being screened on November 28th. Full details here.

BFI Southbank introduction:
The second (and regrettably final) film from Narciso Ibáñez Serrador sees a pair of English tourists arrive on a seemingly idyllic Spanish island, only to find it overrun by homicidal children. Despite the attention-grabbing title, Serrador prioritises slow-burn atmosphere over easy scares, infusing his sun-drenched tale of killer kiddies with an inescapable sense of melancholy and dark foreboding.


Here (and above) is the trailer.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yesterday's screening wasn't 35mm. No advance notice or explanation offered. Refund obtained!

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Unknown said...

That's a shame. It was definitely advertised as 35mm in the BFI Southbank brouchure.

Anonymous said...

BFI website has updated 28th screening to digital.