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A Field in England

2013

Ben Wheatley

Reece Shearsmith, Peter Ferdinando, Michael Smiley, Richard Glover ...

5.5

1,126

Drama. Fantasy Fleeing from a battle in the English Civil War a small group of deserters are captured by an Alchemist and forced to aid him in his search for treasure he believes is buried in a nearby field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal the group quickly descends into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia; and, as it becomes clear that the treasure may be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Matthew Turner View London	"A deeply strange, beautifully shot horror with strong performances and stunning sound design work (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Wheatley's new film is grisly and visceral, an occult, monochrome-psychedelic breakdown taking place somewhere in the West Country during the civil war (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"'A Field in England' defies easy categorisation – and that is its glory. Ben Wheatley's English Civil War drama/horror picture is a wondrously strange affair that bends genre rules (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"A strikingly original historical thriller spiced with occult mysticism and mind-warping hallucinations, British director Ben Wheatley’s fourth feature has all the (...) intensity of a future cult classic"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"A defiantly unclassifiable cross-genre experiment that (...) reinvents (...) low-budget British cinema as it goes"

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