Dark River
2017 · Movie · NR · 90 min · ★ 5.6 · 76% critics
After her father’s death, a woman returns to the Yorkshire farm she left behind years earlier, determined to claim what she believes is hers. Back home, old family wounds and a tense fight over the land force buried trauma to the surface.
Based on Trespass
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-10-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (91 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to bleak, intimate family dramas with rural tension and emotional weight, in the vein of Affliction; Not for you if you want warmth, speed, or an uplifting watch.
Pros: strong lead performances; haunting atmosphere; emotionally powerful | Cons: very bleak tone; slow pace; unsatisfying ending
Themes
- sexual abuse
- abusive father
- alcoholism
- yorkshire
- guilt
Cast & crew
Ruth Wilson
as Alice Bell
Mark Stanley
as Joe Bell
Sean Bean
as Richard Bell
Esmé Creed-Miles
as Young Alice
Dean Andrews
as Matty
Joe Dempsie
as David
- MN
Mike Noble
as Rowan Spender
- AM
Aiden McCullough
as Young Joe
Shane Attwooll
as Tower
Steve Garti
as Jim
Directed by Clio Barnard