God’s Own Country

God’s Own Country

2017 / UK / 104 min

Spring. Yorkshire, England. Johnny Saxby, a 25-year-old sheep farmer has sacrificed his future to run the family farm for his ailing father, Martin, and stoic grandmother, Deirdre, 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.

Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:15 Pressburger screen (premiere)

Director:
Francis Lee

Biography:
The British dierctor was born in Soyland.

Filmography:

2014 The Last Smallholder (Documentary short)
2013 Bradford Halifax London (Short)
2012 The Farmer's Wife (Short)

Producer:
Manon Ardisson, Anna Duffield, Diarmid Scrimshaw, Jack Tarling

Screenwriter:
Francis Lee

Cinematographer:
Joshua James Richards

Film editor:
Chris Wyatt

Cast:
Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Ian Hart, Gemma Jones

Distributor:
Protagonist Pictures