The Levelling

Name: The Levelling
Genre: Drama
Released: March 24, 2017
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 81

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Monterey Media | Release Date: March 24, 2017 | R

Summary: Somerset, October 2014. When Clover Catto (Ellie Kendrick) receives a call telling her that her younger brother Charlie (Joe Blakemore) is dead, she must return to her family farm and face the man she hasn't spoken to in years: her father Aubrey (David Troughton). She is shocked to discover her home changed forever by the devastating floodsSomerset, October 2014. When Clover Catto (Ellie Kendrick) receives a call telling her that her younger brother Charlie (Joe Blakemore) is dead, she must return to her family farm and face the man she hasn't spoken to in years: her father Aubrey (David Troughton). She is shocked to discover her home changed forever by the devastating floods that destroyed the area six months earlier, and Aubrey a tormented shadow of his former self. As she learns what has been going on in her long absence she and her father forge a new understanding, but can it withstand the troubles that they face on the ravaged farm as well as the truth of what drove Charlie to take his own life?… Expand

Director: Hope Dickson Leach

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 83 min

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The Playlist Oliver Lyttelton

Mar 23, 2017

It isn’t just one of the best debut films of the year, but one of the year’s best films, period. Read full review

Allan Hunter

Mar 23, 2017

It may be modest in scale but the film is assured in both intention and execution, building successfully towards a quietly moving climax. Read full review

David James

Mar 20, 2017

The Levelling is a wonderful first feature from Hope Dickson Leach. Morose beyond measure, but leavened with subtle hope via Ellie Kendrick's superb central performance. Read full review

Jessica Kiang

Mar 30, 2017

The Levelling is an intimate story, waterlogged with guilt, grief and blame, but it explores this dark spectrum with such unsentimental honesty that its tiny moments of uplift, when its repressed characters form tentative connections despite themselves, are magnified and moving. Read full review

Time Out London Trevor Johnston

May 8, 2017

A somewhat dour, slightly clenched viewing experience perhaps, but delivered with admirable insight, control, and nuanced subtlety by all concerned. It stays in the mind long afterwards. Read full review

Matthew Anderson

May 25, 2017

The pint-sized simplicity of this acutely well told and acted tale should not be underestimated. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

May 15, 2017

Unflinching in its depiction of rural reality, this may be a dour drama, but it has been made with sincerity and an exceptional sense of place. Read full review

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gruia

Jul 17, 2017

image and sound is good .. acting is fine. characters are useless #$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$% $%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%#$%

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 27, 2021

This is quite a grim watch, due to the plot of course. Its certainly an atmospheric watch, with suitably spooky sounding music played in the background. The main theme, I reckon, is isolation - more specifically rural isolation - that, trust and secrets. Its a somewhat thoughtful watch butThis is quite a grim watch, due to the plot of course. Its certainly an atmospheric watch, with suitably spooky sounding music played in the background. The main theme, I reckon, is isolation - more specifically rural isolation - that, trust and secrets. Its a somewhat thoughtful watch but it was a bit grim for mea nd the plot pace is relatively slow. Its not bad as a character focussed drama though. As a British indie film, I would recommend this, yes.… Expand

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