Harvest | |
Director: | Athina Rachel Tsangari |
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Based On: | Harvest by Jim Crace |
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Cinematography: | Sean Price Williams |
Editing: | Matthew Johnson Nico Leunen |
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Distributor: | Mubi (Select territories) |
Runtime: | 131 minutes[1] |
Country: | United Kingdom Germany United States |
Language: | English |
Harvest is an upcoming drama film directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. It is adapted by Joslyn Barnes and Athina Rachel Tsangari from the 2013 book of the same name by Jim Crace, and stars Caleb Landry Jones.
The film will premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it will be competing for the Golden Lion.
The film is set in England during the Middle Ages. In a time of economic turmoil local villagers scapegoat three strangers.[2]
Athina Rachel Tsangari was attached to direct the film in November 2020 with the project having a script from Joslyn Barnes adapting the Booker Prize nominated novel by Jim Crace from 2013.[3] Production on the project is by Rebecca O'Brien for Sixteen Films(UK), and Joslyn Barnes for Louverture Films (USA), with co-production from The Match Factory (Germany).[4]
Caleb Landry Jones is cast in the film. Whilst attending the Venice Film Festival to promote the Luc Besson film Dogman in August 2023, he spoke throughout in a Scottish accent. Besson explained that he was method acting for a new role, which The Hollywood Reporter reported was for Harvest.[5] Jones later confirmed to la Repubblica that this was true.[6] In February 2024, Harry Melling, Rosy McEwen, Arinzé Kene, Thalissa Teixeira, and Frank Dillane were revealed to be cast in the film.[7]
Principal photography took place in Oban, Scotland in September 2023. Location filming will also reportedly take place Germany.[8]
The film will premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival,[9] and will also play at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2024.[10] [11] In August 2024, Mubi acquired distribution rights to the film in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Benelux and Latin America.[12]