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TBC The true story of one of sport’s greatest races DIRECTOR JAMES MANGOLD STARRING MATT DAMON, CHRISTIAN BALE, JON BERNTHAL, JOSH LUCAS Rescued from development hell 15 NOV by Girl, Interrupted and Logan director James Mangold (the film was at one time supposed to star Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt), Le Mans ’66 tells the incredible true story of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans car race in France. At the time, Enzo Ferrari’s Italian motor-racing team was the best in the business, a finely-tuned machine (both figuratively and literally) thought to be unbeatable. But following a business deal turned sour, America’s Henry Ford II decided to challenge Ferrari’s monopoly and tasked automotive visionary Carroll Shelby and British driver Ken Miles with building a car to rival them. With Matt Damon playing Shelby and Christian Bale as Miles (his first film since his Oscar-nominated performance in Vice), Le Mans ’66 is an incredibly well-acted affair. But the plot is riveting too as you see these two men – both leaders in their fields – uniting to fulfil a shared impossible dream. READ OUR FEATURE ON PAGE 16 Sorry We Missed You Out this November Sorry We Missed You Released 1 November The Good Liar Released 8 November Midway Released 8 November 15 A delivery driver fights to provide for his family Last Christmas DIRECTOR KEN LOACH STARRING KRIS HITCHEN, DEBBIE HONEYWOOD, RHYS STONE Le Mans ‘66 Directed by the masterful Ken Loach, this hard-hitting British drama sees Kris Hitchen’s zero- hours delivery driver Ricky falling deeper into debt as he struggles to feed his family. Like Loach’s recent I, Daniel Blake, Sorry We Missed You is a searing indictment of modern Britain. You’ll come away wondering where we went so badly wrong... Little Monsters Released 15 November Released 15 November 1 NOV Released 15 November 21 Bridges Released 22 November Blue Story Released 22 November Frozen II Released 22 November Judy & Punch Released 22 November Motherless Brooklyn Q & A Released 22 November Charlie’s Angels KEN LOACH How did the idea for the film arise? After we’d finished I, Daniel Blake, I was thinking, “Well, maybe that’s the last film.” But when we were going to the food banks for our research many of the people that were coming in were working part-time, zero-hours contracts... [and] gradually the idea emerged. What questions do you hope audiences come away asking? Is this system sustainable? Do we really want a world in which people are working under such pressure? The market is not interested in our quality of life. The market is interested in making money. The working poor pay the price. And yet Ricky never gives up... [Our story] counts for nothing unless the audience believes in the people on screen. It is their lived experiences, recognised as authentic, that should touch us.  Released 29 November Knives Out Released 29 November Le Mans ’66 Watch the trailer Watch the trailer November ODEON.co.uk 9