LAND
by Babak Jalali
synopsis
The Yellow Eagle family are Native American and live on the Prairie Wolf Indian Reservation. News reaches them that Floyd, the youngest son of the family, has died during military service in Afghanistan. The waiting begins to get his body back to the Reservation to be buried. The youngest surviving son Wesley, is an alcoholic. His brother’s death doesn’t really hit him as his only aim during the day is to get hold of beer. Wesley is in daily contact with the white population who run the liquor stores right outside the reservation. This uneasy relationship reaches unpleasant levels when acts of violence break out and he is directly affected. The eldest son, Raymond, is a recovering alcoholic with a wife and two sons. Although he feels a sense of responsibility for the extended family, he seems to feel too emasculated to do something about it. Until the troubles that have affected his two brothers force him to stand up and be a man again.
international title: | Land |
original title: | Land |
country: | Italy, France, Netherlands, Mexico |
sales agent: | BAC Films |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Babak Jalali |
film run: | 111' |
release date: | FR 25/04/2018, IT 21/02/2019 |
screenplay: | Babak Jalali |
cast: | Griffin Burns, Andrew J Katers, Thomas R. Baker, Rod Rondeaux, Wilma Pelly, Georgina Lightning, Loren Anthony, Michele Melega, Tommy Wolfe, Michael Arturo |
cinematography by: | Agnès Godard |
art director: | Dimitri Capuani, Luis Antonio Ordoñez |
costumes designer: | Carolina Olcese |
music: | Jozef Van Wissem |
producer: | Christophe Audeguis, Ginevra Elkann |
co-producer: | Julio Chavezmontes, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Gabriel Stavenhagen, Frans Van Gestel |
executive producer: | Gianfranco Barbagallo |
line producer: | Alejandro Sánchez de la Peña |
production: | Asmara Films, The Cup of Tea, To Be Continued, Topkapi Films, RAI Cinema, Piano (MX) |
backing: | Eurimages |
distributor: | BAC Films |