Subtitled screening of the British comedy 'Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint', with John Bradley, Celia Imrie and Richard E. Grant, at the Electric Palace Cinema.
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint is coming to the Electric Palace Cinema in Hastings, with two screenings on opposite sides of December. The first is a subtitled showing on Thursday 17 December at 11:00, and the second is on Monday 21 December at 15:00. It's part of the cinema's Christmas programme, so it sits alongside other festive bookings rather than standing alone.
John Bradley stars as the title character, Aubrey Flint, a reclusive model soldier painter with a lifelong hatred of Christmas. He's sentenced to community service at Willow Lodge, a retirement home on the brink of closure, where he's strong-armed into helping the residents put on a production of A Christmas Carol. It's a British all-star cast comedy, and the supporting roles bring in some familiar faces: Celia Imrie, Richard E. Grant, Adjoa Andoh, Sophia Di Martino and Kiell Smith-Bynoe. The residents at Willow Lodge are a colourful bunch, including a chain-smoking ex-diva and a quietly wise model-shop owner, and Flint spends a good part of the film clashing with them as the production descends into chaos.
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Behind the camera is director Jack Spring. The film runs 98 minutes, is a UK production from 2026, and carries a U rating, so it's suitable for all ages. If you're planning to go, you've got two choices: the subtitled morning screening on Thursday 17 December at 11:00, or the afternoon showing on Monday 21 December at 15:00.
