[IFI FAMILY] GREAT EXPECTATIONS David Lean SUN 25th (11.00) Film info: 118 mins, UK, 1946, 35mm, Black & White IFCO: 12A Notes by Alicia McGivern A special showing for family audiences of the classic Dickens adaptation, presented with the IFI David Lean season, this black and white film grasps the depth and richness of Dickens' characters in the story of Pip who is given the chance to improve his lot, through the benevolence of a mystery gentleman. Memorable characters such as Miss Havisham, Estella and Herbert Pocket become truly alive with Lean's direction, while Pip, played by John Mills, convinces as the nave and curious boy, navigating his way, with some terrifying encounters, such as Magwitch in the graveyard. Atmospheric and memorable, the writer's Victorian Kent and London have rarely been so well imagined. This screening will be shown on 35mm.