THERE'S a chance to hear from the screenwriter of a film currently on general release in cinemas at this year's From Page to Screen film festival.

The Sense of An Ending will be shown on Friday April 21 at Bridport Electric Palace.

Screenwriter Nick Payne will introduce the film, which stars Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling, and talk about the process of adapting existing texts for film.

The Sense Of An Ending tells the story of retired divorcee Tony Webster (Jim Broadbent) who is preoccupied with managing his camera shop, attending antenatal classes with his daughter (Michelle Dockery) and having amicable lunches with his ex-wife (Harriet Walter).

One day, however, the past comes knocking in the form of an inheritance: a former schoolmate’s diary left to him inexplicably by the mother of an old girlfriend. On his quest to recover it, Tony is forced to revisit his flawed recollections of his past, and piece together the fragments of a student romance and its painful aftermath.

The film is based on Julian Barnes’ Man Booker Prize Winning novel of the same name.

The Sense Of An Ending is a perceptive study of love, family and friendship.

*The Sense of an Ending, Friday April 21, 7.30pm, Bridport Electric Palace. Part of the From Page to Screen Festival running from today, April 19, to 23. Tickets are available from bridport-arts.com