The sensitive and charming film of childhood, Ama Gloria, is Ilkley Film Society's next screening on Sunday, November 24th (8pm, Ilkley Playhouse).

A French production but largely set in Cape Verde, the volcanic island state off the coast of West Africa, Ama Gloria centres on 6 year-old Cleo whose mother has died and who lives in Paris with her father and her beloved Cape Verdean nanny Gloria.

Cleo is distraught to learn that Gloria will have to give up her job and return home, as her own mother has died and there is nobody else to look after her own family, some of whom have barely seen her. Her father promises her that she can spend the summer with Gloria in Cape Verde, where an idyllic holiday deepens into an understanding of other people's needs.

Director/writer Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq coaxes a simply astonishing performance from her 6 year-old star Louise Mauroy-Panzani, and this warm, tender film has much to say about growing up, and also about the effects of economic migration on those left behind.

Any speakers of Portuguese who attend the screening can test their comprehension of Kabuverdianu, the Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the islands – though the film is subtitled, of course !

Guests are welcome, as always, (tickets £5, cash only) but should phone Dave Howell on 01943 430097 or email secretary@ilkleyfilmsociety.org.uk to ensure admission. Further information about the film and the rest of the Film Society season can be found at www.ilkleyfilmsociety.org.uk