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“Maybe it's this place. Maybe we're all cursed.”
Mute young woman Patience, from an isolated community in rural England in 1555, struggles with her controlling brother-in-law and leader, David, who is gradually unraveling after the failure of his idyllic community. The Egyptian Act has been passed, stipulating that all ‘gypsies’ must vacate England immediately and anyone found aiding them could be executed. In exchange for a fee, David agrees to help an Egyptian family who must stay a month on their land until a ship comes to take them away. But when Patience pursues an affair with one of the outsiders, she is thrust into a violent and vicious psychological battle with David.
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Cast
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Hannah Douglas
Patience
Also in
Clownface
Going Country
Emmett J. Scanlan
David
Known for
MobLand
The Fall
Sebastian de Souza
Rumi
Known for
Skins
The Great
Sarah Whitehouse
Lizzie
Also in
Future Soldier
Lost Hearts
Lewis Gemmill
Jacob
Also in
Future Soldier
Going Country
Karen Crow
Kat
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David Clayton
Benjamin
Also in
Northmen
Sarah Xanthe
Mathilde
Also in
Swing
Javed Khan
Arid
Known for
A Murder at the End of the World
We Are Lady Parts
Philip Stevens Director · Laura Turner Writer Lee Gretton Composer
United States release July 19, 2022 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Hyperreal Films, Inceptive Films
Production
Urban Apache
Production
Hyperreal Films
Production
Inceptive Films
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 13, 2021
Premiere · Leeds International Film Festival
United Kingdom · November 26, 2021
Limited theatrical
United States · July 19, 2022
Digital
Canada
November 26, 2021 · Limited theatrical
United Kingdom
November 26, 2021 · Digital
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