We’re in that time of year where film festivals dominate the news. Yes, that means a lot of first looks and reviews of some of the most anticipated films of the year. However, it’s also a time for some of the smaller films to gain buzz and surprise us. The upcoming film, “Harvest,” could be one of those features.
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As seen in the teaser for the film, “Harvest” tells the story of a small village and its inhabitants. Things are going well for them until an iron-fisted city person gains control of the land and demands more profit from the farming.
The film stars Caleb Landry Jones, Harry Melling, Rosy McEwen, Arinzé Kene, Thalissa Teixeira, and Frank Dillane. “Harvest” is directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari.
“Harvest” is set to debut at this year’s Venice Film Festival. It’ll also take part in this year’s New York Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. You can watch the teaser below.
Here’s the synopsis:
Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari, who deconstructed human behavior within bounded communities in Attenberg and Chevalier, sets her sights on entirely new environs in Harvest, which takes place in a remote village in medieval England. Adapted from the acclaimed novel by British writer Jim Crace, Tsangari’s film stars Caleb Landry Jones as Walter Thirsk, the former childhood friend and manservant of the village’s weak-willed landowner, Master Kent (Harry Melling). Marked by superstition and the scapegoating of outsiders, the town’s denizens fall under new threat after Kent’s iron-fisted city cousin comes into possession of the land, with new plans for agricultural profit. Shot in the sun-dappled Scottish countryside with natural light by cinematographer Sean Price Williams, Tsangari’s most ambitious work to date is both carnal and cerebral, a multifaceted reflection on man’s relationship to the land, rich in atmospherics and thematic resonance.