Ping Pong at GFT
Ping Pong is playing at the Glasgow Film Theatre from Sun 12th to Tue 14th August. You can see the trailer at www.pingpongfilm.co.uk and book tickets by clicking here.
Ping Pong is a funny and inspirational film that carries a really strong and positive message about the benefits of remaining active in mind and body in later life (particularly through table tennis!) and challenges current views on what it means to grow older.
It has proven to have great popular appeal with people of all ages, audiences and critics, and it has received 4* reviews from many of the national newspapers, including the TImes, The Guardian, The Independent, The Metro, The Express and many others.
FILM SYNOPSIS
Les D’Arcy is a living legend. At 89 years old, he’s obviously not received the memo about slowing down, and is going for gold, literally. He’s headed to China to compete in the over 80s Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia. A seven time world champion, he still lifts weights to train – something he’s been doing for decades, after surviving a sickly childhood.
Of course compared to some, Les is a spring chicken. Australian legend Dorothy DeLow is 100, and finds herself a mega celebrity in this rarefied world. She’d better watch out though– Texan Lisa Modlich is fifteen years her junior and is determined to do what it takes to win her first gold.
Director Hugh Hartford follows eight players from five countries, as they prepare to compete in this extraordinary sporting event that is as much about the tenacity of the human spirit as it is about taking home the title.
Thanks to Toby Williams-Ellis at BRITDOC for providing the above details.