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THOU WAST MILD AND LOVELY
DISTR VOD, SWEDEN
 
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Completed - ENGLISH - Erotic, Thriller - 98 minutes

Log Line

A man finds himself a job on a farm in the wilds of Kentucky, only to learn perhaps he was hired for reasons far more complex than just
farm work. Thou Wast Mild and Lovely is a highly intimate and subtly erotic thriller inspired by John Steinbeck’s East of Eden.

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Josephine DECKER
Writer(s) : Josephine DECKER, David BARKER
Cast : Joe SWANBERG, Kristin SLAYSMAN, Robert LONGSTREET, Sophie TRAUB

Producer(s) : Josephine DECKER, Laura KLEIN, Laura HEBERTON

Synopsis

When Akin arrives at the farm, he finds his job. This is what he expected to find. When Sarah opens her legs, she finds someone watching. This is what she expected to find. When Jeremiah opens his mouth, frightening things come out of it. This has come to be expected. But
what happens by the creek next to the cow. This was not expected.
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely is a highly intimate and subtly erotic thriller inspired by John Steinbeck’s East of Eden and featuring love, death, guns, goats, a farmer, his grown daughter and the secrets they no longer succeed in keeping.

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Country(ies) : USA

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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2014 Forum
Fantasia IFF 2014 Official Selection
BFI London FF 2014 Dare


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