Completed - ENGLISH - Drama, Romance - 135 minutes
Terence Davies’ film, inspired by Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s acclaimed novel, follows from childhood, through motherhood to premature widowhood an incomparable central female character - Chris Guthrie - within the unique Scotish landscapes of early 1900's.
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : Terence DAVIES Writer(s) : Terence DAVIES Cast : Agyness DEYN, Kevin GUTHRIE, Peter MULLAN Producer(s) : Nicolas STEIL (Iris Productions), Roy BOULTER (Hurricane Films), Sol PAPADOPOULOS (Hurricane Films)
Set in the early 20th century, Chris Guthrie, a farmer’s daughter in north-eastern Scotland struggles for love amid hardship and family misfortune. After her mother, a poverty-stricken woman broken by repeated childbirths, poisons herself and her baby twins the resilient young Chris must manage the farm in her absence. When her father has a stroke and becomes bedridden, though also eager for an incestuous relationship, she is left on the land by her closest ally and friend, her brother. Finally she finds love, only to wave her new husband off to the Great War. She remains on the farm, connected to a land about to be changed forever by the onset of technology and war.
Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM, LUXEMBOURG
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British Independent Film Awards 2015 (British Independent Film Award Most Promising Newcomer Agyness Deyn)London Film Festival 2015 (Nominated Best Film Official Competition Terence Davies )Online Film Critics Society Awards 2015 (Won OFCS Award Best Non-U.S. Release)San Sebastian International Film Festival 2015 (Nominated Golden Seashell Best Film Terence Davies)Luxembourg City Film Festival 2016 (Selected in the Official Competition)BAFTA Scotland Awards 2016 (Nominated BAFTA Scotland Award Best Feature Film)Evening Standard British Film Awards 2016 (Nominated Evening Standard British Film Award Most Promising Newcomer Agyness Deyn)Indiewire Critics' Poll 2016 (Nominated ICP Award Best Overlooked Film)Miami Film Festival 2016 (Nominated Knight Competition Grand Jury Prize Terence Davies)Montclair Film Festival 2016 (Nominated Narrative Feature Competition Terence Davies)Munich Film Festival 2016 (Nominated ARRI/OSRAM Awar Best International Film Terence Davies)International Cinephile Society Awards 2016 (Won ICS Award Best Picture Not Released in 2015)