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  • 2016
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 2 h 15 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 2 h 15 m

Summary Set in a rural Scottish community during the early years of the twentieth century, Sunset Song is driven by the young heroine Chris and her intense passion for life, for the unsettling Ewan and for the unforgiving land. The First World War reaches out from afar, bringing the modern world to bear on the community in the harshest possible ...

Directed By: Terence Davies

Written By: Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Terence Davies

  • 2016
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 2 h 15 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 2 h 15 m

Sunset Song

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
7.5
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Summary Set in a rural Scottish community during the early years of the twentieth century, Sunset Song is driven by the young heroine Chris and her intense passion for life, for the unsettling Ewan and for the unforgiving land. The First World War reaches out from afar, bringing the modern world to bear on the community in the harshest possible ...

Directed By: Terence Davies

Written By: Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Terence Davies

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
16 Reviews
33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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100
May 12, 2016
There are moments in Sunset Song that rank with Davies’ most poignant.
By Sam Adams FULL REVIEW
100
Sep 19, 2015
A tour de force of drama, composition and colour.
By David D'Arcy FULL REVIEW

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54% Positive
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38% Mixed
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54% Positive
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38% Mixed
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8% Negative
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83
May 12, 2016
The film takes a false turn in its final act, but there is a certain melancholy enchantment in Davies’ golden-hued countryside. When a crowd sings “Auld Lang Syne” at a wedding reception, he makes you feel the tender warmth of a hearth fire alighted in the world.
By Joe McGovern FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 19, 2015
It is a rare director who dares to embrace the slow, meditative rhythms of a classic novel without feeling the need to modernize or accelerate it, but Davies uses the measured pace to unfold his poetic vision of the Scottish peasantry and their attachment to the land.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
63
May 9, 2016
Terence Davies's sheer talent for creating sensuous images conveniently masks how little of this feeling actually emerges from the plot these images illustrate.
By James Lattimer FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 19, 2015
While there is hardship and anguish, Davies' deliberate and treatment of the source material ultimately lessens the dramatic impact even while it retains its splendour.
By Ben Nicholson FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 19, 2015
In full anamorphic 65mm splendor, the resulting landscapes are lovely, as is the face of relative newcomer Agyness Deyn in the role of hardy Scottish heroine Chris Guthrie, although the underlying feelings are all but lost, rendered in a difficult-to-fathom Scottish dialect and withheld by Davies’ overly genteel directorial approach.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Hurricane Films, Iris Productions, SellOutPictures, Philophon
Release Date May 13, 2016
Duration 2 h 15 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline An epic story of love, loss and the land that inspired it all.
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Awards

Online Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Cinephile Society Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
London Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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