Rent God's Own Country (2017)
3.6 of 5 from 546 ratings
1h 40min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Johnny Saxby (Josh O'Connor) works long hours on his family's remote farm in the north of England. He numbs the daily frustration of his lonely existence with nightly binge-drinking at the local pub and casual sex. But when a handsome Romanian migrant worker (Alec Secareanu) arrives to take up temporary work on the family farm, Johnny suddenly finds himself having to deal with emotions he has never felt before. As they begin working closely together during lambing season, an intense relationship starts to form which could change Johnny's life forever.
- Actors:
- Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart, Naveed Choudhry, Stefan Dermendjiev, Patsy Ferran, Moey Hassan, Melanie Kilburn, John McCrea, Harry Lister Smith, Alexander Suvandjiev, Liam Thomas, Sarah White
- Directors:
- Francis Lee
- Producers:
- Manon Ardisson, Jack Tarling
- Writers:
- Francis Lee
- Studio:
- Lionsgate Films
- Genres:
- Drama, Lesbian & Gay, Romance
- Collections:
- A World of Difference: A History of Gay Cinema, Drama Films & TV
- Awards:
2017 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Directing Award Dramatic
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/01/2018
- Run Time:
- 104 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Deleted and Extended Scenes
- Original Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (15) of God's Own Country
Brokeback Mountain meets Ilkley Moor bah tat - God's Own Country review by Pete W
A rather familiar storyline very much based on Brokeback Mountain and some of the scenes and motifs are a direct lift - strip down washes in a bucket, skinny dipping, left behind clothing - but I don't think this detracts from the story. Unlikely to do much to encourage people to take up farming in Yorkshire amongst the racists in the pub, it is a touching story of how an emotionally repressed young farmer gradually realises that he needs help and support from an immigrant worker with whom he has developed a relationship more meaningful than the quick shags in the back of his trailer or in pub toilets. Good performances from the two leads but strong support too from Gemma Jones as a grandmother who knows more than she lets on and Ian Hart as father incapacitated by a stroke.
4 out of 5 members found this review helpful.
HANNAH HAUXWELL MEETS BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN! - God's Own Country review by WH
Quite possibly the BEST British film with a gay theme. Its up there alongside Merchant & Ivory's ' Maurice' and Dirk Borardes 1961 groundbreaking 'Victim'. Owing much to Brokeback Mountain- it is a far more realistic representation of a gay man's life- growing up in a close-knit family farm on the North York Morors in the UK. The direction is excellent- as is the cinematography and acting. Really my only criticism would be over the 'deleted scenes'. Personally I don't think any of them need to have been deleted! Highly recommended.
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
Brokeback Mountain in Yorkshire - God's Own Country review by JR
This is basically a Brokeback Mountain set in Yorkshire. But unlike Brokeback, which looked like and advertisement for Ralph Lauren clothes, this film shows the hardship and isolation of fell farmers. But it's preoccupation with mud, muck and all types of human body fluids was hard to stomach.
2 out of 9 members found this review helpful.