Akenfield: Based on a Novel by Ronald Blythe

Based on Ronald Blythe's acclaimed oral-history book "Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village", Peter Hall's long un-seen, extraordinary film offers a lyrical yet authentic depiction of British pastoral life. "Akenfield" tells the story of a farming family who have li...

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Main Author: Blythe, Ronald (Author)
Other Authors: Hall, Peter (Director), Strasburg, Ivan (Cinematographer), Shand, Garrow (Actor), Cole, Peggy (Actor), Tilney, Barbara (Actor)
Format: Video Software
Language:English
Published: London BFI [2016]
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Summary:Based on Ronald Blythe's acclaimed oral-history book "Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village", Peter Hall's long un-seen, extraordinary film offers a lyrical yet authentic depiction of British pastoral life. "Akenfield" tells the story of a farming family who have lived for generations in the bucolic Suffolk village of the film's title. Real-life local farmer Garrow Shand gives a compelling naturalistic central performance, in three roles, as farmhand Tom Rouse, his father and grandfather; a lineage which has experienced hardship, happiness and love, and struggled with the pressures of mechanisation, world war and shifting social mores. A profoundly romantic work of sublime poetic realism, "Akenfield" boasts compelling performances from its cast of non-professional actors (drawn from the living communities of several Suffolk villages) and a sweeping, rhapsodic orchestral score composed by Michael Tippett (Fantasia Concertante on a theme by Corelli). [Cover]
Physical Description:1 Blu-ray-Disc (98 Min.)

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