Sweetland (2023)

Directed by

Christian Sparkes

Genre

drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly retired fisherman in a small Newfoundland outport town refuses to leave his home when the government tries to relocate everyone. He decides to stay behind as the rest of the community moves away.

slow-burnmelancholiccontemplativestubbornisolatedbitter-sweetgroundedquiet

What happens

Sweetland is a 2023 Canadian drama film, co-written and directed by Christian Sparkes. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Michael Crummey, the film stars Mark Lewis Jones as Moses, a retired fisherman who refuses to leave the isolated Newfoundland and Labrador outport town of Sweetland when the provincial government launches a resettlement initiative. Production on the film was first announced in 2020. The film premiered on September 15 at the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival, and received a gala screening at the 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival on September 19. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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