Plein Soleil (PG) + author Jill Dawson talk

Part of Shots in the Dark Film Festival 2019

What really goes on in the heads of novelists who write about sociopaths and murderers? Much-loved author Jill Dawson will talk about her books 'The Crime Writer' and 'The Language of Birds'. The former was inspired by the life and work of Patricia Highsmith, whose books were adapted into the films STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, PLEIN SOLEIL and THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. An intriguing blend of fact and fiction, the book uses the facts of Highsmith's life as a starting point to re-imagine the author's life and clandestine love affairs with women in 1964 Suffolk. Her latest book 'The Language of Birds', a hypnotic novel about class, violence and friendship inspired by the shocking Lord Lucan case and the 'lovely young nanny' at its centre, who history has largely forgotten. Jill Dawson will discuss her work with Sandeep Mahal, director of Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature and Shots in the Dark founding director, Adrian Wootton OBE.

PLEIN SOLEIL (PG)
The second and undoubtedly the most faithful adaptation to date of a Highsmith novel, taken from her book 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' which first introduced her anti-hero Tom Ripley. The film plots the Machiavellian actions of Tom (Delon), an unscrupulous drifter who initially befriends and then plans to betray and murder a playboy.