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God's Own Country

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A young farmer numbs his frustrations with drinking and casual sex until a Romanian migrant worker sets him on a new path.
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A quiet, moving rumination on loneliness and newfound intimacy, God's Own Country marks an outstanding directorial debut for Francis Lee.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 04/17/2020
Writer-director Francis Lee creates a more credible rural milieu, anchored in the grubby details of raising livestock and the furious emotional repression of his male characters. Go to Full Review
Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle 12/28/2017
3.5/5
Earnest, honest, accurate, and unrelenting, this is the true romance of the countryside, dung-splattered boots and all. Go to Full Review
Cary Darling Houston Chronicle 11/30/2017
4.5/5
Director/writer Francis Lee's electrifying feature debut is a working-class, fun-house mirror version of "Call Me By Your Name's" upper-class pretensions and is equally, if not more, rewarding because of it. Go to Full Review
Joe Lipsett The Queer Gaze (Podcast) Mar 6
4/5
It's a film filled with beautiful sweaters, mud wrestling, and sad boys, which means it's deeply romantic Go to Full Review
Steve Cruz OUT FRONT Magazine (Denver) 05/09/2023
God’s Own Country is beautifully told, not self-conscious. Go to Full Review
Michael Cuby them. 09/28/2022
Wonderfully acted and brimming with steamy, sexual tension, God’s Own Country deserves its spot on the list of seminal queer cinema. Go to Full Review
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Sergio A Nov 3 Josh O’Connor is brilliant as always, though I don’t think the rest of the cast reaches his subtle level. The direction is delicate and beautiful. See more Matthew J. @Mattie.boy1988 Oct 1 Authentic, deep and the eye candy See more Julio C. @Juliosurfer Aug 13 It’s a very loving, touching romance movie, and the actors and actresses were wonderful in it. See more Kendall M May 16 I saw this movie a couple of years ago when I was younger and I was fascinated by the plot, since it tells us about several things that happen in real life and touches on them in a pleasant and gentle way for the audience. See more Milan Z Apr 23 This movie is perfect like a warm hug. See more Anna B Mar 21 If you're drawn to films that offer a glimpse into lives far removed from your own—yet somehow echo the deepest corners of your experience—this is a must-see. It resonates in that quiet, haunting way: the shared disillusionment with life, the sobering realization that maybe this is all there is. That no one is coming to rescue you. And that, in the end, you’re utterly alone. The very people you once turned to for love and comfort may become the sources of your deepest wounds—abandoning you, disappointing you. And so, a heavy, aching loneliness settles in. One that’s disguised by emotional armor, numbed by various forms of escape, or simply swallowed beneath the steady march of just "getting on with it." But then—unexpectedly, miraculously—comes a flicker of something different. That effervescent, soul-stirring moment when you are finally seen. Understood. Accepted. Perhaps even loved, and from the most unlikely of places. Isn’t that what we’re all searching for? And when it arrives, however briefly—it makes the whole journey feel, somehow, worth it. That's what I took away from God's Own Country... See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young farmer numbs his frustrations with drinking and casual sex until a Romanian migrant worker sets him on a new path.
Director
Francis Lee
Producer
Manon Ardisson, Jack Tarling
Screenwriter
Francis Lee
Distributor
Orion Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co
Inflammable Films, Shudder Films, Met Film
Genre
Drama, Romance, LGBTQ+
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 25, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 30, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$281.5K
Runtime
1h 44m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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