20 Oct 2021
Lost Illusions
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
Hedd Wyn
'Hedd Wyn' is a 1992 Welsh anti-war biopic. Ellis Humphrey Evans, a farmer's son and poet living at Trawsfynydd in the Meirionydd countryside of upland Wales, competes for the most coveted prize of all in Welsh Poetry - that of the chair of the National Eisteddfod, which in August 1917 was due to be held in Birkenhead (one of the rare occasions when it was held in England). After submitting his entry, under his bardic name "Hedd Wyn" ("Blessed Peace") Evans later departs from Meirionydd by train to join the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Liverpool, despite his initial misgivings about the war. Ellis is sent to fight in the trenches of Flanders. 'Hedd Wyn' was the first Welsh-language film to be nominated for an Oscar.
Top Billed Cast
Huw Garmon Ellis Evans / Hedd Wyn
Catrin Fychan Magi Evans
Ceri Cunnington Bob Evans
Llio Silyn Mary Evans
Grey Evans Evan Evans
Gwen Ellis Mary Evans
Emma Kelly Enid Evans
Sioned Jonês Williams Cati Evans
Llŷr Joshua Ifan Evans
Angharad Roberts Ann Evans
Geraint Roberts R. Williams Parry
Emlyn Gomer Morris Davies / Moi
Guto Roberts Arweinydd Eisteddfod Pwllheli
Manon Prysor On-Set Merch y Drychinoedd
Gruffydd Aled Griff Jones
Derec Brown Y Parchedig J. D. Richards
Arwel Gruffydd William Morris
Sue Roderick Lizzie Roberts
Lydia Griffiths Organyddes
J. O. Jones Ficar Ricriwtio
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