Two men stand side by side at night on what appears to be a fishing vessel, both wearing wet, glistening yellow oilskin rain jackets. The man on the left wears a faded pink baseball cap and grips a heavy chain with a blue-gloved hand, his expression serious and focused. The man on the right, with close-cropped hair, stares wide-eyed into the distance with an expression of alarm or disbelief. Ropes, chains, and rigging are visible in the foreground and background, set against a pitch-black night sky.

Rose Of Nevada

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About Rose Of Nevada

The singular Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkin (Enys Men) brings his distinctive and bold storytelling approach to his most expansive work yet. Again immersing the viewer in the uncanny environments of the small towns along the coast of Cornwall, Jenkin spins a sci-fi-tinged tale of dislocation and regeneration.

In a tiny, sparsely populated fishing village, a boat that had been lost at sea 30 years ago, the Rose of Nevada, suddenly reappears portside, fully intact and without its long-missing crew. Two local neophyte fishermen desperate for work (MacKay and Turner) take jobs on the boat as it sets out for a good-luck return voyage. When they return, all is no longer what it once was. Shot on 16mm, this psychological portrait of a working-class community’s cyclical existence is an atmospheric plunge into the eerie.
 

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MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

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