At lengthy final, Mark Jenkin‘s buzzy sophomore feature “Enys Men” gets a US theatrical release later this month. The movie made waves with its British folk horror trappings and 16mm visuals at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Now, to build off that buzz, NEON readies Jenkin’s debut function “Bait” for a theatrical launch, too.
Like “Enys Men,” “Bait” shares a selected maritime sensibility, and makes use of its black-and-white 16mm digital camera to trace a troubled fisherman’s reckoning along with his household’s historical past and his house harbor step by step changing into a vacationer entice.
Here’s an official synopsis for “Bait,” courtesy of NEON:
Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, with out a boat. His brother Steven has re-purposed their father’s vessel as a vacationer tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood house now a get-away for London cash, Martin is displaced to the property above the picturesque harbor. As his wrestle to revive the household to their conventional place creates rising friction with vacationers and locals alike, a tragedy on the coronary heart of the household modifications his world.
“Bait” stars Edward Rowe, Mary Woodvine (the lead in “Enys Men”), Simon Shepherd, Georgia Ellery, Giles King, Chloe Endean, and Isaac Woodvine. Jenkins pens the movie alongside directing. Kate Byers, Linn Waite, and Denzil Monk produce the movie.
“Bait” hits choose theaters on March 31, with unique Q&As with Jenkin at some screenings. Watch trailers for each “Bait” and “Enys Men” under.