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GOD'S OWN COUNTRY
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Local title : GOD''S OWN COUNTRY  ;  Release date : Oct 26, 2017
 
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Completed - ENGLISH - LGBT, Romance, Drama - 104 minutes

Log Line

Spring. Yorkshire, England. Johnny Saxby, a 25-year-old sheep farmer, has sacrificed going away to college or getting a job in town to run the family farm for his ailing father, Martin (Ian Hart), and stoic grandmother Deirdre (Gemma Jones), numbing the daily frustration of his desolate life with binge drinking and casual sex. As lambing season approaches, Martin hires a Romanian migrant worker, Gheorghe, to assist the already exhausted Johnny.
Johnny bitterly resents Gheorghe, stubbornly insisting he can cope on his own, but Gheorghe proves he not only understands this farming life, but more importantly, he understands Johnny.

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Francis LEE
Writer(s) : Francis LEE
Cast : Josh O'CONNOR, Alec SECAREANU, Ian HART, Gemma JONES

Producer(s) : Manon ARDISSON, Jack TARLING

Synopsis

Young Johnny is running his ailing father’s farm in Yorkshire, England. The communication between father and son reflects their adverse living and working conditions, the father’s utterances mostly being restricted to terse criticism of his son. Johnny’s grandmother plays her part stoically. A frustrated Johnny endures his strenuous daily routine. In a bid to escape the harsh daily grind, he has no-strings sex with men, or gets drunk at the local pub. In the spring, a farm hand is taken on for the season. Romanian Gheorghe is the same age as Johnny, who at first eyes him with suspicion. The initial tension between the two men soon gives way to an intense relationship. This opens up completely new prospects but also presents new challenges for Johnny. In his feature-length debut, Francis Lee finds authentic images to depict farm life as one of privation. His film concentrates on the glances and gestures of his characters and their immediate physicality. The archaic landscape of ‘God’s own country’ as the locals call their county, perfectly reflects the turmoil going on inside the protagonists.

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM

AUSTRIA Oct 26, 2017 POLYFILM VERLEI
BELGIUM SEPTEMBER FILM
CANADA Oct 27, 2017 PACIFIC NORTHWE
ESTONIA Jan 12, 2018 A-ONE FILMS EST
FINLAND ATLANTIC FILM F
FRANCE Dec 06, 2017 PYRAMIDE DISTRI
GERMANY Oct 26, 2017 SALZGEBER & CO.
HONG KONG SUNDREAM MOTION
ITALY FIL ROUGE MEDIA
LITHUANIA A-ONE FILMS BAL
NETHERLAND SEPTEMBER FILM
NORWAY ANOTHER WORLD E
POLAND Sep 22, 2017 TONGARIRO RELEA
ROMANIA BAD UNICORN
SPAIN Nov 24, 2017 KARMA FILMS
SWEDEN NONSTOP ENTERTA
SWITZERLAN Oct 26, 2017 LOOK NOW! FILMD
UNITED KIN Sep 01, 2017 PICTUREHOUSE CI
USA Oct 25, 2017 SAMUEL GOLDWYN


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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale 2017 (Panorama)
Sundance 2017 (World Cinema Dramatic Competiton)


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