Some of us Wel­ling­tonis­tas make no bones about that fact that we suf­fer from a vari­ety of men­tal ill­nesses, which is why we’re always pleased to sup­port people who are work­ing to sup­port the Men­tal Health Found­a­tion of New Zea­l­and. So we were really encour­aged when we heard from Pete Bar­ton:

I am cur­rently run­ning  a com­munity pro­ject to raise aware­ness of depres­sion and men­tal ill­ness in New Zea­l­and and I would like to pro­mote a char­ity movie night on Tues­day 10th March.

Lars

Lars and the Real Girl will be screened at the Para­mount Cinema, Court­ney Place at 6.00 pm. I have some great spot and raffle prizes to give away includ­ing a $600 inter­is­lander ferry vouch­er.

Tick­et price is $20.00 which enters tick­et hold­ers into spot prize draw to win an inter­is­lander vouch­er. There are a num­ber of oth­er great prizes to be won from Bun­nings, Shoe Clin­ic Wel­ling­ton, Bike Barn Wel­ling­ton, Read­ing Cinemas, Ben Lind Mas­sage Ther­apy and Karori Sanc­tu­ary.

Pro­ceeds from the even­ing will go dir­ectly to the Men­tal Health Found­a­tion of New Zea­l­and.

Our Dan said of Lars: “A lovely, sweet film about accept­ance, love and judge­ment (lack of), Lars is anoth­er win­ner in a sum­mer of them. Gosling’s per­form­ance is a thing of won­der but it wouldn’t be half as suc­cess­ful without great work from Paul Schneider, Emily Mor­timer and Patri­cia Clark­son to play off. Kudos to them all. Not to be missed.”

But even if you’ve seen it before, there’s plenty of good reas­on to go and see it again. Find out more about Pete’s fun­drais­ing work here.