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  • 2017
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary Somerset, October 2014. When Clover Catto (Ellie Kendrick) receives a call telling her that her younger brother Charlie (Joe Blakemore) is dead, she must return to her family farm and face the man she hasn't spoken to in years: her father Aubrey (David Troughton). She is shocked to discover her home changed forever by the devastating flo...

Directed By: Hope Dickson Leach

Written By: Hope Dickson Leach

  • 2017
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 23 m

The Levelling

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 8 Critic Reviews
81
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary Somerset, October 2014. When Clover Catto (Ellie Kendrick) receives a call telling her that her younger brother Charlie (Joe Blakemore) is dead, she must return to her family farm and face the man she hasn't spoken to in years: her father Aubrey (David Troughton). She is shocked to discover her home changed forever by the devastating flo...

Directed By: Hope Dickson Leach

Written By: Hope Dickson Leach

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
7 Reviews
13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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13% Mixed
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100
Mar 23, 2017
It isn’t just one of the best debut films of the year, but one of the year’s best films, period.
By Oliver Lyttelton FULL REVIEW
80
May 25, 2017
The pint-sized simplicity of this acutely well told and acted tale should not be underestimated.
By Matthew Anderson FULL REVIEW
80
May 8, 2017
A somewhat dour, slightly clenched viewing experience perhaps, but delivered with admirable insight, control, and nuanced subtlety by all concerned. It stays in the mind long afterwards.
By Trevor Johnston FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 30, 2017
The Levelling is an intimate story, waterlogged with guilt, grief and blame, but it explores this dark spectrum with such unsentimental honesty that its tiny moments of uplift, when its repressed characters form tentative connections despite themselves, are magnified and moving.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 23, 2017
It may be modest in scale but the film is assured in both intention and execution, building successfully towards a quietly moving climax.
By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 20, 2017
The Levelling is a wonderful first feature from Hope Dickson Leach. Morose beyond measure, but leavened with subtle hope via Ellie Kendrick's superb central performance.
By David James FULL REVIEW
60
May 15, 2017
Unflinching in its depiction of rural reality, this may be a dour drama, but it has been made with sincerity and an exceptional sense of place.
By David Parkinson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company BBC Film, British Film Institute (BFI), Creative England, Oldgarth Media, Wellington Films, iFeatures
Release Date Mar 24, 2017
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.facebook.com/TheLevelling
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Awards

BAFTA Awards, Scotland
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
London Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Nomination

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