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Meals or refreshments from the Void Bar or the upstairs Café are welcome in the cinema. Conveniently, each of our comfy seats has a retractable table in the arm.

The new feature by internationally-acclaimed veteran of French filmmaking, Alain Resnais (Hiroshima Mon Amour, Last Year at Marienbad), which screened in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.

France 2012.  In French with English subtitles
Duration: 1 hr 55 mins
Director: Alain Resnais
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Lambert Wilson, Anne Consigny, Michel Piccoli

Fri June 14 at 10.45am, 1pm & 3.15pm
Sat June 15 at 10.45am
Sun June 16 at 10.45am
Mon June 17 at 10.45am
Wed June 19 at 1pm
Thur June 20 at 1pm
Fri  June 21 at 1pm
Sun June 23 at 2.30pm
Fri June 28 at 1pm
Sat June 29 at 2pm
Sun June 30 at 2pm

Tickets
$17 Adult
$15 Concession
$12 Child

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From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers together all his friends who have appeared over the years in his play 'Eurydice'.  These actors watch a recording of the work performed by a young acting company, La Compagnie de la Colombe. Do love, life, death and love after death still have any place on a theatre stage? It's up to them to decide. And the surprises have only just begun…

4 Stars: The film is touching, but more than that it's wise, witty and thought-provoking.
- Geoff Andrew, Time Out London

Resnais undoubtably demonstrates his continuing power as a great cinematic auteur.
-Ginette Vincendeau, Sight & Sound

Digital technology meets lyrical drama and classical myth in this puckishly daring, intricately original work of docu-theatre from the ninety-year-old director Alain Resnais.
- Richard Brody, The New Yorker

Movingly sincere and personal
- Little White Lies

The confluence of theater, memory and real life for a group of actors in an explicitly artificial world sparks rarefied aesthetic pleasures… this reflection on the past, love and death through the prism of layers of theatrical endeavour is both serious and frisky, engaging on a refined level… in all respects, the film is technically immaculate.
- Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (G)
2D version
USA 2010
Director: Werner Herzog
Duration 90 minutes

Wed June 19 at 11am, 3.15pm
Thur June 20 at 11am, 3.15pm
Fri June 21 at 11am, 3.15pm
Sat June 22 at 11.30am
Mon June 24 at 11am
Wed June 26 at 11am
Thur June 27 at 11am
Fri June 28 at 11am, 3.15pm

Tickets
$15 Adult
$12 Concession
$10 Child

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This breathtaking documentary from the incomparable Werner Herzog(ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD, GRIZZLY MAN) follows the journey of an exclusive expedition into the beautiful but nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art yet found. A unique glimpse of pristine artwork created by human hands over 30,000 years ago - almost twice as old as any previous discovery.  By comparison, the oldest known Australian rock art, identified in the Northern Territory in 2012, is considered to date back 28,000 years.

Originally captured in 3D, MONA Cinema is screening the 2D version.

Winner - Best Documentary, Washington Film Critics, Awards 2011
Winner - Best  Non-Fiction Film, New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2011

If you're a member of the human race - you owe it to yourself to see this movie.
- Dana Stevens, Slate

A sacred space where the human and the mystical effortlessly intertwine, and we are in Werner Herzog's debt for that great gift.
- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

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MET WINTER ENCORES SEASON 2013

Four classic Metropolitan Opera productions to warm your winter.
Subscription pricing available*

CARMEN (Bizet)
The 2009 debut of director, Richard Eyre. Stars Elna Garranca as Carmen; Robert Alagna as Don Jose; and Mariusz Kwiecien as Escamillo.
Duration: 3hrs 10 mins including intermission (approx)
Sat June 22 at 1.30pm
Sun June 23 at 11am
Mon June 24 at 1pm
Thur June 27 at 1pm

IL TROVATORE (Verdi)
David McVicar's 2011 production. With Patricia Racette, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Jeljko Lucic.
Duration: 2 hrs 50 mins including intermission (approx)
Sat July 27 at 2pm
Sun July 28 at 11am
Mon July 29 at 2pm
Thur Aug 1 at 2pm

LA TRAVIATA (Verdi)
Natalie Dessay as Violetta and Mathew Polenzani as Alfredo in Willy Decker's brilliant 2011 modernist vision of Verdi's timeless tragedy.
Duration: 3hrs including intermission (approx)
Sat Aug 24 at 1pm
Sun Aug 25 at 11am and 2pm
Mon Aug 26 at 2pm

TURANDOT (Puccini)
Franco Zeffirelli's classic 2009 production starring Maria Guleghina in the title role and Marcello Giordani as Calaf.
Duration: 2hrs 35 mins approx including intermission (approx)
Sat Sept 21 at 1pm
Sun Sept 22 at 11am
Mon Sept 23 at 2pm
Thur Sept 26 at 11am

Tickets

Single opera:
Adult $27
Concession $22
Child $15

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Subscription season discount*:
Adult $24
Concession $20

*Subscription discount applies where three or more operas are purchased in one booking. Operas from the Met 2012-13 and Winter Highlights seasons may be combined. Only available at MONA Museum Reception or (03) 6277 9971.

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NT Live captures live stage performances from the National Theatre UK in high definition video for screening in cinemas worldwide.

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THE AUDIENCE
By Peter Morgan
Duration: 2hrs 50 mins  including intermission (approx)

Sat July 6 at 11am & 2pm
Sun July 7 at 11am & 2pm
Mon July 8 at 11am & 2pm
Fri July 12 at 11am
Sat July 13 at 2pm
Sun July 14 at 11am

More dates to be announced soon.

Helen Mirren returns to her acclaimed role as Queen Elizabeth II in a riveting new play by the author of Skyfall (co-writer), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Frost/Nixon; and The Queen.

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Tickets
Adult $25
Concession $22
Child $15

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ROMEO & JULIET

Based on Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular ballets in the world. Originally commissioned by the Leningrad Kirov Ballet in 1934, Sergei Prokofiev's ballet did not premiere at the Kirov stage until 1940 and at the Bolshoi until 1946 as the dancers declared it "un-danceable" and the score inaudible. Today, it is considered to be Prokofiev's most valued work due to the high melodic inspiration, the great variety of rhythms and the memorable main characters.

Duration: 2hrs 25 mins including intermission (approx)

Sat June 29 at 1pm
Sun June 30 at 11am
Mon July 1 at 11am
Thur July 4 at 11am

Tickets

Adult $25
Concession $22
Child $15

Schools or Dance School group discount available. Contact MONA Museum Reception for details.

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Exhibition: Great Art on Screen is a new series of cinema events presenting major international art exhibitions currently on show during 2013, captured in high definition for the big screen by the producers of Leonardo Live, which screened at MONA in 2012. Each event, hosted by art historian Tim Marlow, goes beyond the gallery with exclusive behind-the-scenes exhibition coverage, biographical profiles and present day views of significant locations in the life of each artist.

The series began in April with Manet: Portraying Life, a career-encompassing collection of the portraiture of Edouard Manet, at the Royal Academy of Arts. In October, the final instalment, Vermeer and Music is a unique perspective on the masterpieces of Johannes Vermeer, presented at the National Gallery in London.

Next event:

MUNCH 150

Sat July 13 at 12pm
Sun July 14 at 2:30pm
Mon July 15 at 12pm
Wed July 17 at 12pm
Thur July 18 at 12pm
Fri July 19 at 12pm

A close-up view of the greatest number of works by Edvard Munch yet assembled, to mark the 150th anniversary of the artist's birth. Co-hosted by the National Museum and the Munch Museum in Oslo.

Tickets

Adult $25
Concession $20
Child $15

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Special schools packages available.

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