Rent Requiem for a Village (1975)
3.5 of 5 from 64 ratings
1h 8min
I live in Suffolk so I'm prejudiced. Now the land is under continual threat from greedy developers this very special area of the country seems defenceless to fight this plague. When this started with new roads back in the 70s it was just a glimpse of what was coming. The subtle way this film is constructed and acted superbly by the villagers themselves in their own village has strong reasonblance to Cider with Rosie, but without the sentiment. More like thomas hardy. The intercutting with the past and present/ future works well. The beauty and peace and the dramas played out as life's passage I found dramatic and startling. Pity Gladwell didn't go oiin to make many more like this.