The Cornish Trilogy
Bait
The view may be beautiful, but you can't eat it.
Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has repurposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a getaway for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the picturesque harbour. As his struggle to restore the family to their traditional place creates increasing friction with tourists and locals alike, a tragedy at the heart of the family changes his world.
- Original title
- Bait
- Language
- EN
- Country
- GB
- Budget
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- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Jun 8, 2024 · via TMDB
"Martin" (a competent Edward Rowe) is struggling to come to terms with changes in his tiny fishing village that have left him a bit adrift. His brother has decided that more cash can be made if they use their late father's boat for tourist trips and their former family home is now lived in by "Sandra" (Mary Woodvine" and "Tim" (Simon Shepherd) who compound his frustration by being considered interlopers. The photography helps this stand out for about half an hour. It's monochrome and the camera cuts regularly and effectively between characters, beauty shots and even mixes conversations in an innovate style - especially in scenes like the one in the pool room/at the bar. The thing is, though, once we have become exposed to the techniques of auteur Mark Jenkin, the thing takes a series of rather predictably repetitive turns; the characters turn out to be annoyingly undercooked and the paucity of dialogue all contributes to a rather shallow look at small town mentalities. Woodvine and Stacey Guthrie's bar owning "Liz" serve well as fire-break type characters to absorb some of the intensity from the increasingly exasperated "Martin" but this is really a short film that's overstretched. It is an interesting production and at times looks like it might have made for a decent silent film - but I didn't love it.
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Edward Rowe
Martin Ward
Mary Woodvine
Sandra Leigh
Giles King
Steven Ward
Simon Shepherd
Tim Leigh
Chloe Endean
Wenna Kowalski
Janet Thirlaway
Mrs. Peters
Isaac Woodvine
Neil Ward
Martin Ellis
Billy Ward
Jowan Jacobs
Hugo Leigh
Georgia Ellery
Katie Leigh
Stacey Guthrie
Liz Stewart
Morgan Val Baker
Husband
Tristan Sturrock
Brian Rikard
Mark Jenkin
Director of Photography
Mark Jenkin
Director
Mark Jenkin
Editor
Denzil Monk
Associate Producer
Mark Jenkin
Original Music Composer
Mark Jenkin
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