Citizen Cane

Wednesday, September 16 — 7 PM

PG | Mystery | 1h 59m | 1941 | USA

The 26-year-old Orson Welles, already renowned for his work in radio and theatre, used the unprecedented artistic license offered to him by RKO to create a fictionalised portrait of one of America’s most powerful men – press baron William Randolph Hearst. Charting the rise of Charles Foster Kane (played by Welles himself) – who decides to start a newspaper with his inherited fortune – Welles’ film is a classic story of the corrupting effects of power.

Directed by: Orson Welles

Written by: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles