Bait
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Synopsis
Behind the picture postcard idyll of a Cornish fishing village alienation, resentment and anger bubble away. The view may be beautiful, but you can’t eat it.
Martin Ward, is a cove-fishermen without a boat, infuriated with his brother for using the family vessel for day-tripping, and with a brooding resentment for tourists flocking to the village while locals are relegated to an estate on the hill. Nearing the end of the summer season, an argument over a parking space with the incomers who bought his old family home comes to represent all that is wrong with the world for Martin. Tensions rise and when a misguided prank and retaliation escalates to tragedy the brothers are forced to unite and face the future together.
Shifting light, captured on B&W 16mm film and processed by hand, offers a grainy black and white polemic; the state of the nation seen through a family lens. Rugged cliffs, stark seascapes, working hands, silent faces, the screech of a gull, the smoke from a barbeque, clashing classes, tensions building, a casual theft, a threat issued, a punch thrown, retribution, high tide, low water, laughter at dusk, regret in the morning, beauty, anger, compassion, hope.
Official Selection Berlinale 2019 - Forum - World premiere
http://www.baitfilm.co.uk
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 89 mins
- Format
- 16mm Black and White
- Director
- Mark Jenkin
- Producer
- Kate Byers, Linn Waite
- Executive Producer
- Kate Byers, Linn Waite
- Editor
- Mark Jenkin
- Screenwriter
- Mark Jenkin
- Director of Photography
- Mark Jenkin
- Production Designer
- Mae Voogd
- Sound
- Dan Thompson
- Music
- Thea Gilmore, The Malarkey, Gwenno
- Principal Cast
- Edward Rowe, Simon Shepherd, Mary Woodvine, Giles King, Chloe Endean, Georgia Ellery, Isaac Woodvine, Jowan Jacobs
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 2nd May 2019
