2022 · drama · rural · thriller
God's Creatures
Directed by Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer1h 41m2022
In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community.
Our read: God's Creatures (2022) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · rural · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / rural, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
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