Whanganui Film Society will this week screen a Czech masterpiece that is little known outside its home country.
Director Frantisek Vlacil's film Marketa Lazarova will screen on August 1 at 7pm. Entry is for members only.
Marketa Lazarova was voted the best Czech film of all time in a national critics poll. However, the NZ Film Societies - including Whanganui - are screening this film for the first time in New Zealand since it was first released in 1967.
Whanganui Film Society is now in the second half of its 2016 season, and half-year memberships are available for $45.
Film society president Helen Marie O'Connell said this year's second half is particularly strong with many favourites from recent NZ International Film Festivals that have never screened in Whanganui, and a number of other films that have never screened in New Zealand. The fifteen remaining titles of the season include a diverse mix of dramas, documentaries, and restored classics.