Title: God's Own Country
Original Title: God's Own Country
Year: 2017
Info
- Country: UK
- Language: English Romanian
- Length: 104 Minutes (1 hour 44 min)
- Genre: Drama Romance
- Studios: British Film Institute
- Distributor: Karma Films
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: September 01 2017
- United States: October 25 2017
Plot
Spring. Yorkshire (North of England). Johnny Saxby (Josh O'Connor) is a young sheep farmer that lives in exclusive for his work. Frustrated, he try to fix the problems of his life drinking alcohol in large quantities and have crazy sex. But everything changes whit the arrival of a migrant worker from Romania, Gheorghe (Alec Secareanu), employed for the lambing season. Both starts a love relationship, that causes a change in the Johnny's road. Since the deserted alcohol to the discover of his own sexuality orientation...Johnny will fall in love with the person that has everything to be happy (in spite of not have money and not be owner of something).
Awards
- 2018 BAFTA Awards: 1 0
Cast
Director:
Videos
August 3 2017
Photos
Trivia
Doubles
Without using body doubles for the actors.
Inspiration
The romanian character in the film is inspired by an actual romanian worker the director had met in the past and his experiences in dealing with racism while staying in the UK as an immigrant.
Preparation
To prepare for their roles as farmers, the director made the two actors live and work in a farm for several weeks prior shooting the movie.
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