Harvest (2024 film)

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Harvest
Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Screenplay by
Based on Harvest
by Jim Crace
Produced by
  • Joslyn Barnes
  • Marie-Elena Dyche
  • Viola Fügen
  • Rebecca O'Brien
  • Athina Rachel Tsangari
  • Michael Weber
Starring
Cinematography Sean Price Williams
Edited byMatthew Johnson
Nico Leunen
Music by Nicolas Becker
Ian Hassett
Caleb Landry Jones
Lexx
Production
companies
Distributed byMubi (Select territories)
Release date
  • September 3, 2024 (2024-09-03)(Venice)
Running time
131 minutes [1]
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Germany
United States
LanguageEnglish

Harvest is a 2024 drama film directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. It is adapted by Joslyn Barnes and Tsangari from the 2013 book by Jim Crace, and stars Caleb Landry Jones.

Contents

The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it was competing for the Golden Lion.

Premise

The film is set in England during the Middle Ages. In a time of economic turmoil local villagers scapegoat three strangers. [2]

Cast

Production

Development

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]

Casting

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]

Filming

Principal photography took place in Argyll, Scotland. [8]

Distribution

The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 3 September 2024, [9] and will also play at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2024. [10] [11] In October, the film was selected for the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024 under the World Cinema section. [12]

In August 2024, Mubi acquired distribution rights to the film in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Benelux and Latin America. [13]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 64% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.6/10. [14]

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryNominated workResultRef
Golden Lion
(Venice Film Festival)		 2024 Best film HarvestNominated [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Harvest". 81st Venice International Film Festival . July 11, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Athina Rachel Tsangari to Take On Scapegoating with Her Next Film "Harvest"". Women and Hollywood. November 16, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ Rosser, Michael (November 16, 2020). "Athina Rachel Tsangari to direct Sixteen Films' 'Harvest'; Match Factory boards sales (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ Abbatescianni, Davide (November 18, 2020). "Athina Rachel Tsangari to direct Harvest". Cineuropa.org. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  5. ↑ Ritman, Alex (September 1, 2023). "Caleb Landry Jones, Star of Luc Besson's 'Dogman', Cast in U.K. Feature 'Harvest' (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  6. ↑ Finos, Arianna (September 29, 2023). "Caleb Landry Jones: "Attore nonostante i tanti no, mi ha spinto l'inconsapevolezza"". La Repubblica. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ Tabbara, Mona (February 15, 2024). "Harry Melling, Rosy McEwen join 'Harvest'; The Match Factory reveals first look (exclusive)". Screen International . Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  8. ↑ "McAvoy and Lange set for Glasgow Film Festival". BBC News. January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Athina Rachel Tsangari's 'Harvest' Heads the Match Factory's Venice Slate". Variety. July 23, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Harvest". Toronto International Film Festival . Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  11. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (July 22, 2024). "Toronto film festival adds Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, Edward Burns, David Mackenzie titles". Screen Daily . Retrieved August 19, 2024.
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  13. ↑ Shaffer, Ellise (August 13, 2024). "Venice Competition Title 'Harvest,' Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Acquired by Mubi for U.K., Germany and More". Variety . Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Harvest". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved September 5, 2024. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  15. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000681/2024/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_1
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