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The Jealous God (2005)

The Jealous God poster
Directed by
Steven Woodcock
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Catholic man in 1960s Yorkshire struggles with his faith and family expectations when he falls in love with a Protestant woman. The story follows the tension between his religious devotion and his personal desires.

melancholicslow-burntensegroundedintrospectiverestrainedemotionalatmospheric

What happens

The Jealous God is a 2005 feature film set in the 1960s by British writer-director Steven Woodcock. It is based on the 1964 novel by John Braine, its opening scenes filmed in a Bradford grammar school where he once studied. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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