30th Anniversary Film Festival: The Loss of Sexual Innocence (18)

19th July 2025 7:30pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

1997 – The Loss of Sexual Innocence (18)

A series of loosely connected vignettes and flashbacks explores the life of a filmmaker named Nic (Julian Sands) from his life at age 5, 12 and 16, and as a man embarking on his first film in 1950s Tunisia, and finally to his current age. Along the way, well let’s just say that he has a few encounters as the title might suggest.

Starring: Julian Sands; Bernard Hill; Gina McKee; Saffron Burrows; Kelly Macdonald; Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Directed by Mike Figgis

Running Time – 106 minutes

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Mike Figgis – the director – was born in Carlisle and the films includes scenes filmed in Cumbria.

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