God's Own Country
2017 · Movie · R · 104 min · ★ 7.7 · 92% critics
In rural Yorkshire, a young farmer copes with frustration through binge drinking and casual encounters. His routine shifts when a Romanian migrant worker arrives to help on the farm, and their growing connection changes what they both want from life.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-08-31
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 92/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (983 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a moody, grounded romance in rural Yorkshire with intense emotional honesty and minimal cliché; Not for you if you dislike slow pacing or want a lighter, more “feel-good” love story like Weekend or Gentleman Jack.
Pros: raw emotional intimacy; slow, immersive pacing; grounded rural realism | Cons: can feel slow; some farm details jarring; mixed views on story
Themes
- sheep
- countryside
- isolation
- alcohol
- farm life
- yorkshire
- loneliness
- rural area
- migrant farmworker
- farmer
- british pub
- stroke
- +10 more
Awards & recognition
- Sundance World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic · 2017
Cast & crew
Josh O'Connor
as Johnny Saxby
Alec Secăreanu
as Gheorghe Ionescu
Gemma Jones
as Deidre Saxby
Ian Hart
as Martin Saxby
Harry Lister Smith
as Trainee Auctioneer
Patsy Ferran
as Robyn
- NC
Naveed Choudhry
as Male Nurse
- SD
Stefan Dermendjiev
as Bearded Farm Worker
Moey Hassan
as Taxi Driver
Melanie Kilburn
as Gloria
Directed by Francis Lee