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FREE AUGUST MOVIES AT PASADENA SENIOR CENTER FOR MEMBERS AND GUESTS 50 AND OLDER

Friday movie matinees will be shown Aug. 4, 11, 18 and 25 at 1 p.m. in the Scott Pavilion at the Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St.

Seating will be limited and registration will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Each member of the Pasadena Senior Center may reserve one additional seat for a nonmember guest 50 or older. 

“Manchester by the Sea” (2016, R) starring Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams– Friday, Aug. 4, at 1 p.m. After the death of his brother, a depressed and grief-stricken Boston janitor moves back to the coastal fishing village where his family has lived for decades and is asked to take guardianship of his teenage nephew. Through this upheaval in his life he is forced to deal with a past, including the deaths of his own three children, that separated him from his wife and this community where he was born and raised.

“Where the Crawdads Sing” (2020, PG-13) starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Harris Dickinson – Friday, Aug. 11, at 1 p.m. A woman who had to raise herself in the marshes of the Deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man with whom she was once involved. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Delia Owen.

“A Man Called Otto” (2022, PG-13) starring Tom Hanks and Mariana Treviño – Friday, Aug. 18, at 1 p.m. When a young family moves in near an old, suicidal grump who has given up on life following the death of his wife, they develop a friendship that will turn his world around. The movie is based on the 2015 Swedish film “A Man Called Ove” that was based on the novel of the same name by Fredrick Bachman.

“Sin La Habana (Without Havana)” (2020, NR) starring Yonah Acosta and Aki Yaghoube – Friday, Aug. 25, at 1 p.m. At the urging of his girlfriend, a frustrated Afro Cuban ballet dancer seduces a lonely Iranian Canadian divorcee to secure passage from Cuba to Canada where he plans to reunite with his girlfriend. Spanish, Persian and English with English subtitles.

To register for any or all of these films or for more information, visit www.pasadenaseniorcenter.netand click on Activities & Events, then Friday Movie Matinee or call 626-795-4331.