The Dryden will screen Maurice (James Ivory, U.K. 1987, 140 min., 35mm) as part of the Summer of Solidarity series.

Following his successful adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel A Room with a View, James Ivory adapted this curiously minor Forster work and created something major. Maurice, while studying in Cambridge, finds himself falling in love with his classmate Clive. Succumbing to the pressures of British society, they are forced to keep their relationship a secret—taking a toll on both their lives. Ivory's beautiful direction, Pierre Lhomme's unmistakable cinematography, and the talented cast breathe new life into Forster's novel on the perils of being an outsider in a culture of conformity.

[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Aug-8]