Synopsis
A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
Directed by Francis Lee
A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
Reino de Deus, Tierra de Dios, Земной рай, Seule la terre, Божья земля, Piękny kraj, Του Θεού η Χώρα, Земя на Бог, Na konci světa, 신의 나라, 上帝之国, ארץ אלוהים, Tanrının Unuttuğu Yer, Земля божа, Terra de Déu, La terra di Dio, 春光之境, 神的孩子在戀愛, Na konci sveta, Isten országa, ღვთის მიწა, ゴッズ・オウン・カントリー, Tărâmul binecuvântat, Vùng Đất Thánh, ธรณีนี้เป็นของเรา
it's not gay cinéma unless one of them forms an overly sentimental attachment to an item of the other's clothing
honestly we’ve hit the point in film where the tenderness and longing and understanding expressed in almost any movie between lgbt characters is simply so much more profound than most straight romances in film history
we love gheorghe, a sweater-wearing, animal-loving, cheese-making, ewe-mothering, nature-loving, warm-hearted human being, who brings a smile to johnny's face and makes pasta for him. get yourself a gheorghe
when gheorghe makes the lamb’s second coat and you can just see johnny falling in love. shit bitch.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
this is the happy ended brokeback mountain we deserve
i was lucky enough to attend a screening with a director q&a afterwards, in which francis lee revealed that one of his biggest influences for this film was pretty woman to everyone's delight.
other highlights:
- the sounds of the yorkshire countryside are very key to the film; gheorghe has his own special wind sound that follows him through the film and remains after he has left, like an audio haunting
- bird sounds in the film are also significant - the curlew is associated with spring and renewal, and the swallow is a migratory bird that returns for spring
- lee consciously avoided sweeping landscape shots (there's only one in the film) and focused instead on how the land…