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Dark River

  • 20172017
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 30m
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5.8/10
4.1K
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Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley in Dark River (2017)
Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
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Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
4.1K
YOUR RATING
    • Clio Barnard
    • Clio Barnard
    • Lila Rawlings(story development)
    • Rose Tremain(based in part on the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Ruth Wilson
    • Jonah Russell
    • Paul Robertson
    • Clio Barnard
    • Clio Barnard
    • Lila Rawlings(story development)
    • Rose Tremain(based in part on the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Ruth Wilson
    • Jonah Russell
    • Paul Robertson
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    • 56User reviews
    • 54Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
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    Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley in Dark River (2017)
    Clio Barnard and Ruth Wilson at an event for Dark River (2017)
    Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley at an event for Dark River (2017)
    Ruth Wilson at an event for Dark River (2017)
    Clio Barnard and Tracy O'Riordan at an event for Dark River (2017)
    Ruth Wilson at an event for Dark River (2017)
    Clio Barnard, Tracy O'Riordan, and Ruth Wilson at an event for Dark River (2017)
    Ruth Wilson at an event for Dark River (2017)
    Clio Barnard, Tracy O'Riordan, and Ruth Wilson at an event for Dark River (2017)
    Clio Barnard and Tracy O'Riordan at an event for Dark River (2017)
    Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley in Dark River (2017)
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    Ruth Wilson
    Ruth Wilson
    • Alice Bell
    Jonah Russell
    • Pete
    Paul Robertson
    • Declan
    Sean Bean
    Sean Bean
    • Richard Bell
    Una McNulty
    • Susan Bell
    • (as Úna McNulty)
    Esme Creed-Miles
    Esme Creed-Miles
    • Young Alice
    • (as Esmé Creed-Miles)
    Aiden McCullough
    • Young Joe
    Olivia Brennan
    • Ellie
    Mark Stanley
    Mark Stanley
    • Joe Bell
    Joe Dempsie
    Joe Dempsie
    • David
    Mike Noble
    Mike Noble
    • Rowan
    Steve Garti
    Steve Garti
    • Jim
    Dean Andrews
    Dean Andrews
    • Matty
    Kenton Foster
    • Auctioneer
    Jake Hayward
    • Young David
    William Travis
    William Travis
    • Simon
    Cathy Breeze
    • Hazel
    David Zezulka
    • Stockman
      • Clio Barnard
      • Clio Barnard
      • Lila Rawlings(story development)
      • Rose Tremain(based in part on the novel by)
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    • Trivia
      The film is very loosely based on Rose Tremain's novel Trespass. Writer/director Clio Barnard wrote an initial screenplay that was much closer to the book, which focuses on two sets of of siblings in their sixties who become involved in a property dispute in France. After the initial draft, her producers encouraged her to make the story her own so that the final film, which focuses on only one set of siblings in their thirties and is set in England is only very loosely related to the book.
    • Goofs
      Joe shows Alice some shepherd's needle growing in a field. But the plant he shows her doesn't look like it (e.g. it's too big and too robust) and it wouldn't grow in that grassy and well-vegetated pasture as it's a weed of arable cultivation. In fact it's extremely rare in Yorkshire so would be exceedingly unlikely to be present in the area at all.
    • Quotes

      [Last Lines]

      Alice: Can I come and see you again? Can I?

      Joe Bell: Yeah.

    • Soundtracks
      An Acre of Land
      Traditional

      Music by Harry Escott

      Arranged by Harry Escott and PJ Harvey

      Published by Faber Music and by Hot Head Music Ltd

      Administered by Kobalt Music Group Ltd

      Performed by Harry Escott and PJ Harvey

      Recorded at Westpoint Studios, London

      Mixed at Air Studios, London

      Under exclusive license from Faber Music and Hot Head Music Ltd (P) and (C) 2017

    User reviews56

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    One woman's battle to regain her rightful place in the world.
    It is COVID-19 "stay at home" time, I found this movie on the Kanopy streaming site through my public library. Very English, I had to turn on the captions to be able to understand much of the dialog.

    Although I haven't seen a lot of her work I am a big Ruth Wilson fan. About 34-ish here she plays Alice Bell, working for someone on their sheep farm. Then she gets word that her father had died so she travels there to stake her claim for the tenancy for her family's sheep farm but immediately meets resistance from her brother who hasn't been taking very good care of the place.

    Alice had left home some 15 years earlier, and in flashbacks we are shown that she suffered from abuse by her father. She still had visions that he was there at times. Most of the story is about Alice and her brother locking horns and struggling to find the best course of action through this difficult situation. She wants to revive the farm, he wants to liquidate and take off with the profits.

    Its rating is about right, it is a well made and well acted drama but without much joy.
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    • TxMike
    • Apr 7, 2020

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    • Release date
      • June 29, 2018 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • BFI Film Fund
      • BFI's Film Found
      • British Film Institute (BFI)
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
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