Dark River Page #2

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Clio Barnard
Production: Left Bank Pictures
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
Year:
2017
90 min
243 Views


Look, he's just...

he's not himself with my dad... dying.

If you make a start fixing the holding up.

Maintaining boundaries, deal with vermin...

I'd say you're in with a very good chance.

Thank you.

Away. Away.

Lie down. Lie down.

Lie down. Lie down, Billie.

Hey, Joe.

She's dead intelligent.

Reckon I could train her up.

No, it's too late now.

Joe.

Yeah?

I should have come back.

But I just...

I couldn't face him.

Did he suffer?

Yeah, he did.

Away.

Away. Away.

Away.

Away. Lie down.

Lie down.

Come by.

Come by. Come by.

Come by.

What are you doing?

- I'm doing rats.

- No, no, no, no.

- No, no, no, don't do that.

- Why?

No, no, there's owls in here.

Up there, there's fledglings.

- There.

- Oh, wow.

Oh, there...

- Shh.

- Been a while.

Wait.

We should cut that field.

I don't cut for silage.

I leave it for hay.

They're all skin and bone.

Come here.

I wanna show you summat.

It's shepherd's needle.

You don't see it very often.

Not round here, anyway.

When it comes through its seed pods,

they look like a needle.

When you cut it for silage,

all you end up doing is...

...killing everything that's under it.

In one acre of hay meadow...

...you've got 400 million insects.

600 million mites.

Two million spiders.

Burnet moths.

Butterflies, bees.

Voles, shrews.

Yeah, yeah...

But, Joe...

silage is better for 'em.

Maybe we just... cut it just this year?

No.

Only take contractor couple of hours.

We can't afford a contractor.

- Look, what if I sell a few lambs?

- No, no. You're not selling my lambs.

- We gotta do summat!

- It's too early! I sell 'em fat!

- Yeah, but it'll grow back.

- I said no! I said no!

I can clip flock, cut bale and wrap silage.

415 all in.

- What are you hoping for?

- 50 a head.

Think you'll get that?

Yeah.

I can do it for 400. Deal?

Yeah. Thanks, Jim.

You'll be right.

- Hup!

Alice! Alice!

- I'd heard you were back.

- Matty! Long time no see.

Aye. And if there's owt

you want, let us know.

Bell. Keld Farm.

- Ta. That's kind of you, Matty.

- I mean it.

- All right, I've gotta go.

- Bell. Keld Farm.

I'm looking for um... 50 per head.

Right, where we gonna be there?

Want 45... 40.

40 B. 40 B. 40 B. 40 B.

40.50. 40.50. 40.50 B.

At 40.50 B. 40.50 B. 40.50.

41.50, 41.50, 41.50, 41.50, 41.50, 41.50.

42, B 42, B 42.

At 42, B 42.50, 42.50, 42.50, 42.50, 42.50.

Last chance. At 42.50

Scowcroft.

Eight at 42.50

Bad luck, love.

Your Joe won't be too pleased.

Look, tell you what, I'll do job for 300.

Your dad would have wanted me

to look out for you.

It hurt him when you didn't come back.

Thought they'd have gi' you

some time off for funeral.

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Clio Barnard

Clio Barnard is a British director of documentary and feature films. She won widespread critical acclaim and multiple awards for her debut, The Arbor, an experimental documentary about Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar. In 2013 she was hailed as a significant new voice in British cinema for her film The Selfish Giant, which premiered in the Director's Fortnight section of the Cannes film festival. more…

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