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Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)

Wild Mountain Thyme poster
Directed by
John Patrick Shanley
Genre
romance film
Country
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 212 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two neighboring farmers in rural Ireland navigate their long-standing feelings for each other. A shy man finally confronts his emotions when an American relative threatens to take over his family land.

romanticgentleslow-pacedwhimsicalrestrainedpastoralunderstated

What happens

Wild Mountain Thyme is a 2020 romantic comedy film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, based on his play Outside Mullingar. The film stars Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, Dearbhla Molloy and Christopher Walken. Set in the Midlands of Ireland, misfit, 30-something farmers, Anthony and Rosemary have lived next to each other their whole lives. She has always been romantically interested in him, but the extremely shy Anthony finally awakens upon realising an American cousin could buy his life from under him. Wild Mountain Thyme was released in the United States on 11 December 2020, by Bleecker Street, and in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2021, by Lionsgate via PVOD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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