Win tickets to see Learning to Drive in cinemas
Stand a chance to win tickets to see a wonderful movie on adult friendship.
Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson and Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley star in Learning to Drive – a feel-good, coming of (middle) age comedy about a mismatched pair who help each other overcome life’s road blocks.
The film is a festival circuit-favourite and was chosen the Audience Award runner-up at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Wendy (Clarkson) is a fiery Manhattan book critic whose husband has just left her for another woman; Darwan (Kingsley) is a soft-spoken taxi driver from India on the verge of an arranged marriage.
As Wendy sets out to reclaim her independence, she runs into a barrier common to many lifelong New Yorkers: she’s never learned to drive. When Wendy hires Darwan to teach her, her unraveling life and his calm restraint seem like an awkward fit. But as he shows her how to take control of the wheel, and she coaches him on how to impress a woman, their unlikely friendship awakens them to the joy, humor and love in starting life anew.
The film’s script is based on author Katha Pollitt’s lightly humorous, soul-searching essay that originally ran in the New Yorker, relating her experiences taking driving lessons in New York while in her 40s.
It was directed by acclaimed independent director Isabel Coixet, with triple Academy Award-winner Thelma Schoonmaker – best known for her work on many of Martin Scorsese’s films – handling film editing. It was shot on location in New York, giving cinemagoers a personal travel-perspective on driving around through the city.
Learning to Drive will be screened at Nu Metro Cinemas’ Girls’ Night Out (all cinemas nationwide) on Thursday, 12 November at 20:00. The film will then only reach select Nu Metro cineplexes from 13 November 2015.
Bookings for the Girls’ Night Out pre-release screenings of Learning to Drive at all Nu Metro Cinemas nationwide on Thursday, 12 November 2015 are now open. Standard Nu Metro Cinemas ticket pricing applies to all cinemas. Please note that access to Girls’ Night Out-screenings at Nu Metro’s cinemas is open to women only.
Watch the movie trailer here:
COMPETITION:
If you would like to stand a chance to win two tickets to see Learning to Drive in Nu Metro cinemas on 13 November, fill in the application form below, and type in the word DRIVE in the keyword section.
