Saltburn (15)

The screening on Thu 14th Dec at 2 pm will have Descriptive Subtitles and be relaxed for people living with dementia.

Brought to you from the writer-director of award-winning thriller Promising Young Woman and Killing Eve, Saltburn, set in England in the mid-2000s,  follows a young university student Oliver, who becomes infatuated with his wealthy schoolmate Felix, who invites him to spend the summer at his eccentric family’s estate.

Initially, Oliver is rejected by his fellow Oxford University students for his perceived poverty but Oliver strikes up a friendship with Felix Catton, a wealthy and popular student who shows empathy towards Oliver’s story of his parent’s battles with addiction and mental health struggles. After learning of the sudden death of Oliver’s father, Felix invites him to spend the summer at his family’s estate, Saltburn. Oliver is introduced to Felix’s parents, Sir James, Lady Elsbeth, and his sister Venetia. Also staying at Saltburn is Farleigh, an American cousin of Felix’s who Oliver clashed with back at university.

Tensions between Farleigh and Oliver run high during a karaoke party as Farleigh tricks Oliver in to performing the Pet Shop Boys ‘Rent’ in front of the family. Later that evening Oliver initiates a sexual encounter with Farleigh, but at the same time is subtly threatening him. Farleigh is later removed from the Saltburn estate as it is discovered he is allegedly attempting to sell plates from the family collection to Sotherby’s.

As the summer’s end draws nearer, Elsbeth and James plan an elaborate party for Oliver’s birthday. On the morning of the party, Felix arranges a trip home for Oliver to see his estranged mum and this is where the story really begins….

Saltburn is a mesmerising mix of dead-pan humour, and dark psychological thriller with a haunting twist.

‘Saltburn is deliriously enjoyable’  Nicholas Barber for BBC Culture

‘Brideshead meets Skinsin this dark and witty tale of privilege and perversion’ Radio X

‘Saltburn is a fiercely funny watch’ Games Radar

Director- Emerald Fennell

Cast- Richard E. Grant, Rosamund Pike, Carey Mulligan, Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi

• Information about relaxed performances and screenings

  Information about relaxed performances and screenings

  We offer a number of daytime family theatre performances and cinema screenings designed to make trips to ARC a more relaxed experience for learning disabled people, people with autism and people with sensory or neurological conditions

  Relaxed performances have a number of distinguishing features:

  • Lower volume levels
  • No foyer music
  • Consistent lighting with auditorium lights on throughout
  • There is a relaxed attitude to noise and moving around the auditorium
  • You can reserve extra seats if you need space to be comfortable
  • If you prefer not to queue please let us know when booking
  • We can provide a chill out space should you need a break.
• Seating accessibility information

  Cinema seat size

  Seats in the Cinema are 45cm (172/3“) wide and 46cm (18“) deep, are 40cm (152/3“) from the floor, and have 12cm (42/3“) between seats.

  Armrests

  Seats in the Cinema have armrests that do not fold away, and cannot be completely removed.

  Legroom

  Seats in the cinema have 30cm (112/3”) of legroom in front of seats, with additional legroom on row A and seats B1-B4 and B11-B14.

  Further information

  If you have any questions about accessibility our Box Office team are always happy to help and can be contacted on 01642 525199 or by emailing [email protected] - you can also tell us about your access requirements when prompted to do so during the online booking process.

• BBFC Rating information (may contain spoilers)

  Violence

  A character poisons a man’s drink, and places a razor blade on a bathtub to encourage a vulnerable woman to take her own life.

  Language

  The film features infrequent very strong language (‘c**t’) and strong language (‘f**k’).

  Sex

  A man strips his clothes off and grinds sexually against freshly dug grave, in a prolonged and potentially disturbing scene. There are also references to BDSM when a man attempts to verbally dominate his sexual partners whilst masturbating them. A man comically refers to himself as a vampire whilst licking a woman’s menstrual blood from his fingers.

  Discrimination

  There are undetailed references to a white man treating a black man man differently due to his race.

  Drugs

  Characters are shown snorting lines of cocaine.

  Sexual violence and sexual threat

  A man sexually moans as he masturbates whilst another man observes him without his consent. During another scene of sexual threat, a man wakes up to find a character straddling him.

  Suicide

  References to suicide include sight of bloody water and a razorblade.

  Injury detail

  A brief scene shows bath water mixed with blood after it is implied a character has taken their own life.

  Nudity

  There is penis nudity as well as brief partial breast nudity. Buttock nudity is shown within a sexual context. There is also a prolonged comic scene in which a man dances around a house naked.

  Theme

  References are made to a young woman’s eating disorder. There are also upsetting scenes when a family grieve over the death of a young man. A man of limited means is briefly bullied by wealthy university students. A man makes references to his mentally ill mother and drug-addicted father.

  Alcohol and tobacco

  People at parties drink to excess and are shown vomiting in the aftermath.

  Flashing/flickering lights

  This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.