1950 · drama · romance · rural
Gone to Earth
Directed by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell1h 51m1950
Hazel Woods, a beautiful and young Welsh girl, lives a wild, rustic life and loves animals — in particular, her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack Reddin, a fox hunting squire who vies for her affection and pursues her, despite the purer amorous intentions of the local pastor.
Our read: Gone to Earth (1950) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · romance · rural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / romance, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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