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6.0/10 • 20

2025-04-162h 11m

Drama

Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time and place, disappears. Townsman-turned-farmer Walter Thirsk and befuddled lord of the manor Charles Kent are childhood friends about to face an invasion from the outside world: the trauma of modernity.

Directors
Athina Rachel Tsangari
Writters
Joslyn Barnes, Athina Rachel Tsangari
Editors
Joslyn Barnes, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Nico Leunen

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  1. Caleb Landry Jones

    Caleb Landry Jones

    Walter Thirsk

  2. Harry Melling

    Harry Melling

    Master Kent

  3. Rosy McEwen

    Rosy McEwen

    Kitty Gosse

  4. Arinzé Kene

    Arinzé Kene

    Quill

  5. Thalissa Teixeira

    Thalissa Teixeira

    Mistress Beldam

  6. Frank Dillane

    Frank Dillane

    Master Jordan

  7. Stephen McMillan

    Stephen McMillan

    Brooker Higgs

  8. Mitchell Robertson

    Mitchell Robertson

    Christopher Derby

  9. Grace Jabbari

    Grace Jabbari

    Alice Carr

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CinemaSerf

Aug 10, 2025

6/10

Hmmm. As a Scotsman, I think this is one of those films that I’m supposed to like - it has a solid cast and an interesting concept underpinning it - but I ended up distinctly underwhelmed by the lacklustre feel of the whole thing. An agrarian, Scots, community awaken one morning to find that one of the barns of the laird “Kent” (Harry Melling) has been damaged by fire. As if that wasn’t curious enough, there is also some smoke billowing from the opposite end of their village where some newcomers have settled for the night. Suspicions run riot, but before the people do likewise “Walt” (Caleb Landry Jones) attempts to see just what happened and two of the visitors end up in the stocks. Meantime, the villagers are also a little wary of “Quill” (Arinzé Kane) who not only dresses strangely but has been tasked by their boss with mapping out his estate to increase productivity. As the story unravels, we discern that “Kent” and “Walt” are old friends but that tragedy has impacted on both of their lives rendering them shadows of their former selves. Things come to an head when the enigmatic “Jordan” (Frank Dillane) arrives and claims ownership of the entire village and demands that everyone shift so he can rear more sheep. Where are they to go? Now some emphasis is made on the local and sometimes quite earthy dialect used here, but sadly the audio mixing is frankly rather poor and so half the time it’s quite difficult to hear what dialogue there is - and that’s not great for a drama that focuses substantially on characters and their conversations. As the actual plot itself slowly develops, we are presented with a series of mixed historical messages that contrive to make points that aren’t really borne out by events or circumstances we can actually see, and as we move, lethargically, towards an inconclusive conclusion I found that not only was I confused, but I was also surprisingly disinterested by the whole affair. Neither CLJ nor Melling really impose themselves, though that’s as much to do with their rather weak personas, and the internecine and superstitious behaviour of the population seemed a little too conveniently stereotypical of some things Scottish or English or British or even Brazilian! It does have a very authentic production design to it and effort has clearly gone into recreating a community run by a landed gentry - though, curiously, without any significant religious figure - who lived a completely different life from his serfs. I haven’t read the book upon which this is based, but can guess that the politics behind the highland clearances might inspire somewhere here. Again, though, that aspect is as undercooked at the rest of this meandering effort. I’ve watched it twice now but feel I’ve got all I’m going to get from something that just feels incomplete and slightly frustrating.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
based on novel or bookenglandscapegoatperiod dramamiddle ages (476-1453)xenophobialandgrabbing