2018 Golden Globe Best Foreign Film Opens In Jaffrey

The winner of this year's Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globe Awards, In The Fade, opens this Friday (2/23) at The Park Theatre's River Street Theatre (RST) in Jaffrey.

In the Fade's story is as contemporary as a newspaper report from today. Out of nowhere, Katja's (Diane Kruger) life falls apart when her husband Nuri and little son Rocco are killed in a bomb attack. Her friends and family try to give her the support she needs, and Katja somehow manages to make it through the funeral. But the mind-numbing search for the perpetrators and reasons behind the senseless killing complicate Katja's painful mourning, opening wounds and doubts. Danilo, a lawyer, and Nuri's best friend, represents Katja in the eventual trial against the two suspects: a young couple from the neo-Nazi scene. The trial pushes Katja to the edge, but there's simply no alternative for her: she wants justice.

In the Fade is co-written and directed by award-winner Fatih Akin (Head On, The Edge of Heaven, Soul Kitchen). Diane Kruger won the 2018 Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her portrayal of Katja.

In the Fade plays at the RST Friday & Saturday, February 23 & 24, at 7pm each night. There are also matinees on Saturday, February, 24 and Sunday, February 25 at 2pm each day. The film is in German with English subtitles.

Tickets for In the Fade (Rated R) are $8.00. Seniors, military, students, teachers are $7.00. More program and schedule information, as well as ticket purchases, can be found at riverst.org or by calling the RST Box Office (603) 532-8888. The after-hours box office can be reached by calling OvationTix at (866) 811-4111.

The River Street Theatre is located in downtown Jaffrey, New Hampshire at 6 River Street. The River Street Theatre is sponsored by Grove Street Fiduciary, Coca-Cola, the Board of Trustees of the Park Theatre, Janet S. Grant, Betty Locke, Owen Houghton and the James F. & Fernande Kelly Charitable Trust.

The Park Theatre first opened in Jaffrey in 1922 and was the center of community life as a movie and vaudeville house for 54 years until it closed in 1976. Purchased by The Park Theatre, Inc. in 2006, it will be rebuilt as a state-of-the-art film and performing arts center, featuring two auditoriums seating 485, presenting movies, live theatre, including children's productions, concerts, and lectures as well as offering a place for business and community gatherings for the Monadnock Region and its 100,000 residents, school districts and dynamic artistic community. The new Park Theatre is scheduled to open in 2018.

The Park Theatre currently operates the River Street Theatre (RST), a small live entertainment and cinema venue, located adjacent to the construction site as an interim theatre until the new Park Theatre opens. Opened in January of 2017, the RST holds the title of "smallest theatre in New England."