God's Own Country (Seule la terre)
Johnny Saxby (Josh O'Connor) works long hours in brutal isolation 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. 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. An intense relationship forms between the two which could change Johnny's life forever.
27 September 1965, UK
15 December 1988, Bath, Somerset, England, UK
4 December 1942, Marylebone, London, England, UK
1956, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
8 October 1964, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
December 29, 2017
The movie is less about sexual awakening than Gheorghe's civilizing influence on Johnny. But it's also sometimes hot and violent, in a good way.December 27, 2017
The result is a remarkable debut from a director who clearly excels in close studies of human fragility.November 09, 2017
The film by writer-director Francis Lee, who grew up on a Yorkshire farm before turning to acting - and, later, filmmaking - is sweet, even if Johnny is not.December 24, 2017
Because the movie is less about can they stay together and more about the personal growth from deadbeat to responsibility on the part of the son by letting love in, God's Own Country works magnificentlyNovember 03, 2017
Combining gritty realism with poignancy, the result is a film that is exceptionally moving.November 15, 2017
But O'Connor and Secareanu give such aching performances that their romance feels real.November 03, 2017
This enigmatic little film says it all in razor-sharp closeups and minimal wordsNovember 09, 2017
This is not a movie about coming out and the collateral damage that ensues. It's a universal tale about giving yourself over to love, even when you seem hopelessly broken.December 28, 2017
Earnest, honest, accurate, and unrelenting, this is the true romance of the countryside, dung-splattered boots and all.December 20, 2017
This debut feature from Yorkshire-born actor and first-time director Francis Lee shows the British countryside as a lonely and unforgiving place; his camera unflinching as it captures the graphic realities of livestock farming.November 29, 2017
Director/writer Francis Lee's electrifying feature debut is a working-class, fun-house mirror version of "Call Me By Your Name's" upper-class pretensions and is equally, if not more, rewarding because of it.December 26, 2017
Although it doesn't tread far from a typical romantic narrative arc, it remains a touching and poetic depiction of what it means to be a gay man in an isolated community.