Taika Waititi's science fiction film, an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, with screenings at the Odeon in Stoke-on-Trent.
Klara and the Sun opens at Odeon Stoke on Sunday 1 November, with screenings running through to Thursday 5 November. It's Taika Waititi's take on the novel by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro, and it stars Jenna Ortega as Klara, a solar-powered Artificial Friend chosen by a seriously ill girl named Josie to be her companion.
The two hit it off straight away, and the story follows them from there. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother and the family has suffered a great loss; Klara's innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty start to heal them and bring some light to Josie's complicated world. Alongside Amy Adams and Mia Tharia, Klara discovers an extraordinary capacity for devotion as she encounters love, grief and the strange complexities of human behaviour in a near-future transformed by genetic engineering and artificial intelligence. The BFI London Film Festival called it 'a tender and thought-provoking science-fiction story about what it means to be human'.
Waititi directs, and Ortega leads a cast that includes Mia Tharia, Amy Adams, Natasha Lyonne and Aran Murphy. It's a science-fiction story that spends more time on the people and the relationships than on the tech, so it should land well even if you aren't usually one for the genre.
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The screenings are spread across the first few days of November at Odeon Stoke-on-Trent, Etruria Road, Etruria, ST1 5SN. On Sunday 1 November, there are two showings in Screen 1 at 09:40 and 15:00. Monday 2 November has one at 20:00; Tuesday 3 November has two, at 14:30 and 20:00; Wednesday 4 November has 15:30 and 17:10; and Thursday 5 November has one at 15:00.
