Project Detail

The Old Man and the Land

Synopsis

An old farmer works his land like he always has, though his powers are waning. He loves his flock and his farm, even though the work is gruelling, and the seasons are getting harder to weather. He’s tied to the land that his forefathers farmed before him. But who will he leave it to in turn, when the time finally does come, for him to let go? His son and his daughter are both unfit, in their own ways, to take over. His daughter knows farming, but she doesn’t know sacrifice. His son’s only interest in the farm is as a property to sell, not as a repository of a family’s history, a lineage of their connection to the land. His children bicker over this inheritance, while he quietly, stoically, phlegmatically, with what is left of his powers, continues his long indentureship to the land.
Official Selection Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Features
Running time: 93 min
Format: Digital
Director: Nicholas Parish 1st Feature
Producer: Josh Eve, Anneli Flexman, Nicholas Parish
Editor: Nicholas Parish
Screenwriter: Nico Mensinga
Director of Photography: Nicholas Parish
Composer: Evelyn Sykes
Principal cast: Rory Kinnear, Emily Beecham

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Milkwood Productions LLP

Nicholas Parish

nick@milkwood.tv

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