Get a first look at a film screening at the fall festivals. The Match Factory has revealed the teaser for a film titled Harvest, one of the world premieres at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in the Main Competition. The festival kicks off this week, and this sprawling period piece will premiere September 3rd. It’s also playing at NYFF and other festivals after that. Harvest takes place in a remote village in medieval England. Adapted from the novel by British writer Jim Crace, this stars Caleb Landry Jones as Walter Thirsk, the former childhood friend / manservant of the village’s weak-willed landowner, Master Kent. Marked by superstition and the scapegoating of outsiders, the town falls under new threat after Kent’s iron-fisted city cousin comes into possession of the land, with new plans for agricultural profit. NYFF: “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 & cerebral… [A] reflection on man’s relationship to the land, rich in atmospherics and thematic resonance.” This also stars Harry Melling, Rosy McEwen, Arinzé Kene, Thalissa Teixeira, Frank Dillane. Yep it definitely has some strong cinematography, but as for the rest it’s still hard to tell. // Continue Reading ›
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