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Jim Crace's novel will become a movie
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Two European projects for you this sleepy weekend (don't forget to return tomorrow for a spotlight on something historical coming from Italy), starting with fresh news coming from Cineuropa: Greek director
Athina Rachel Tsangari will turn
Jim Crace's 2013 historical novel
HARVEST into a movie.
Ken Loach's studio will be involved in the adaptation of the story set in a medieval village in England where it follows the villagers’ reaction to three newcomers, who become scapegoats in a time of economic turmoil. The cast will be announced later on, so stay tuned for the updates if this project interests you or buy the book.
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Arracht is out this month in Ireland
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Ireland has chosen the film that will represent them in the international Oscar race. The Irish language movie
ARRACHT directed and written by Tom Sullivan, starring
Dónall Ó Héalai, Dara Devaney, Michael McElhatton and newcomer Saise Ní Chúinn, is set in Ireland, 1845 on the eve of The Great Hunger. Colmán Sharkey, a fisherman, a father, a husband, takes in a stranger at the behest of a local priest. Patsy, a former soldier in the Napoleonic wars arrives just ahead of 'the blight,' a disease that eventually wipes out the country's potato crop, contributing to the death and displacement of millions. As the crops rot in the fields, Colmán, his
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Arracht means Monster in Irish language
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brother and Patsy travel to the English Landlord's house to request a stay on rent increases that Colmán predicts will destroy his community. His request falls deaf ears and Patsy's subsequent actions set Colmán on a path that will
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The film was both written and helmed by Tom Sullivan
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take him to the edge of survival, and sanity. It is only upon encountering an abandoned young girl that Colmán's resolve is lifted. Just in time for the darkness of his past to pay another visit.
