The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group, which included Alfred Munnings and Laura and Harold Knight. The incendiary anti-Modernist Munnings, now regarded as one of Britain's most sought-after artists, is at the centre of the complex love triangle, involving aspiring artist Florence Carter-Wood and Gilbert Evans, the land agent in charge of the Lamorna Valley estate. True - and deeply moving - the story is played out against the timeless beauty of the Cornish coast, in the approaching shadow of The Great War.
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It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
This film tells the story of an artists' colony in Cornwall, where two artists fall for the same woman.I like both Dominic Cooper asks Dan Stevens, but this is not enough to make me like this film. The story is slow and rather uneventful. Even the nude scene feels out of place, and should not have been in the film. Why the woman makes that crucial mistake that costs her her life is beyond me. The only upside is that the scenery is very beautiful. Other than that, there is little to like about this film.
As a hopeless romantic, I found this film beautifully satisfying. I knew nothing about the artists group depicted here, but I have certainly been motivated to learn about them as a result of viewing this film. The Cornish setting is so evocatively filmed, the score so compelling, the costuming so authentic and the performances so skillfully done, that I was captivated from the start. Seeing Hattie Morahan, Dan Stevens and Dominic Cooper together again--they were all in Sense and Sensibility on Masterpiece a few years ago--was a delight. I think they are all such excellent actors. I had only see Emily Browning once before, but I found that I could hardly take my eyes off her when she was in a scene. Now I want to visit the Cornish coast and stay in the little hotel depicted in the film! The IMDb rating is much too low for this film!!
I see the mean is 7.2 but IMDb has shown the rating as 5.2 ? This is one of the most underrated films in decent years. It was a great film from start to finish. Superb cinematography, an engaging storyline, 3 superb main acting performances and a wonderful score. It has not been a hit at the UK Box Office as very few cinema's ever showed it depriving the UK cinema going public of a real gem. Shame. It will in time become a cult classic and word of mouth from DVD and TV will ensure it will evertually gets the recognition it deserves.Go see, if you can find it on anywhere !
Set in beautiful Cornwall about 100 years ago this catatonic film tells the story of a group of artistic friends leading a bohemian life which is interrupted by the arrival of a sister of one from the group. One falls for her but she ends up marrying another, an individual that turned out to be an awful husband driving his wife to suicide.Aside from the fact that this group of friends turned out to be some of the country's most influential artists, this film is held together by the beautiful cinematography and some interesting performances with the word exciting lacking in the storyline, or the way it engaged the audience.
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