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2021

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In the Earth

Wheatley Ben

United Kingdom, 2021, 107', Swiss Premiere

The movie

Gone on a mission in the middle of a lethal epidemic, a scientist and his forest guide bump into a recluse whose intentions remain ambiguous. It’s science vs spirituality. Mesmerising.

As a virus is wreaking havoc throughout the world, the scientific community rushes to create a vaccine. It’s in these turbulent circumstances that Martin is sent to the Bristol countryside to start his research. A forest ranger tags along. After a while, it seems like nature is awakening around them, until there is no longer any doubt: something else is prowling in the woods. Using the health crisis as a backdrop, Ben Wheatley probes the deepest recesses of the human soul and reconnects with the kind of genre cinema he started in. A horrific phantasmagoria and a sensory experience that will forever be seared in your memory.

World Sales :

Protagonist Pictures

writers :

Ben Wheatley

cast :

Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, Reece Shearsmith

Crew :
  • Cinematographer : Nick Gillespie
  • Music : Clint Mansell
  • Editor : Ben Weathley