Sony Pictures Classics Movie Premieres

Through the generous support of Tom Bernard, Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) provides six movie premieres each year to raise funds for FilmOneFest.  See the very best in independent filmmaking before these films are released to the general public.  Movies are screened on the 3rd Sunday every other month starting in January at Atlantic Cinemas in Atlantic Highlands (special thanks to Mickey and Fred Rast for their generous support of these screenings and the festival).

For those looking for a warm comedy-drama, this is the film for you! First premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, Boundaries is an indie story that puts actor Christopher Plummer at the center, delivering a snarky but thoroughly appealing performance. The film touches on the deteriorated father-daughter relationship and the journey to finding a foundation to settle it on good terms. A review by a film critic for Variety promises that the film will “deliver you to a place you know you are going.”

ABOUT THE FILM: 88-year-old Christopher Plummer plays Jack Jaconi, a charming yet rebellious old man in Boundaries. The movie shows Jack’s daughter Laura (Vera Farmiga) driving him from Portland to Los Angeles to live with Laura’s sister, due to him being kicked out of his retirement home for selling marijuana. Along for the ride is Laura’s misunderstood son Henry, played by Lewis MacDougall. Laura’s relationship with her father is a very sensitive topic, drawing on his lack of parenting and curmudgeonly attitude towards the world as the basis for their distance. Laura struggles to find peace with her father’s behavior while dealing with other nuisances plaguing her life. Directed by Shana Feste.

EVENT DETAILS: Social Hour - 7:30 pm on Sunday, June 10th, Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, 54 1st Ave, Atlantic Highlands with light refreshments, followed by the movie screening at 8:30 pm at Atlantic Cinemas, 82 1st Ave. The film is 104 minutes long and is rated R for drug material, language, and some sexual references. 

TICKETS: $20; $10 for students under 18 (bring student ID). Purchase tickets below or  at the door. Proceeds benefit FilmOneFest’s mission to provide free access to the arts.

FilmOneFest is a project of the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.  

FilmOneFest programs are made possible by the support of our sponsors Secret Stash, Wells Fargo, A. Kupper PE, Janet Peterson, Whole Foods, JBL Trinity Group, Pepsico, Atlantic Cinemas and Blue Bay Inn, and in part by Monmouth Arts through funding from the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and The New Jersey State Council on the Arts. FilmOneFest is also grateful for the continued support of Tom Bernard of Sony Pictures Classics and Mickey and Fred Rast, owners of Atlantic Cinemas.

Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Atlantic Highlands Food Pantry as FilmOneFest supports the Food Pantry at all of its events.

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