A folk horror-inflected tale about a rural Scottish village on the brink of irrevocable change, Athina Rachel Tsangari's Harvest is a spellbinding, atmospheric and thrillingly distinctive period piece like no other. Caleb Landry Jones leads an ensemble cast in this beautifully textured and deeply immersive cinematic experience.

The latest feature from celebrated filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari (Chevalier,Attenberg), Harvest is a spellbinding and thrillingly distinctive period piece like no other. Telling a story steeped in folk horror, and featuring another strikingly memorable performance from Caleb Landry Jones (Nitram), Tsangari presents a study of superstition, the trauma of modernity, and the looming threat of the outsider.

Set over seven hallucinatory days in an undefined era, an idyllic rural Scottish village with no name faces a period of great uncertainty when the community's traditional way of life is suddenly disrupted by seismic economic turmoil. Townsman-turned-farmer Walter Thirsk (Landry Jones) and local landowner Master Kent (Harry Melling, The Tragedy of Macbeth) are childhood friends who lay witness to a series of unexpected invaders from the outside world, whose arrival brings about irrevocable – and potentially damaging – change.

Adapted from Jim Crace's Booker Prize-nominated novel and co-starring Rosy McEwen, Arinzé Kene, Thalissa Teixeira, and Frank Dillane, HARVEST is an eerie, atmospheric and deeply immersive cinematic experience, blending beautifully textured storytelling with an exploration of what happens when people decide what a society should be.

2024. UK. Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. With Caleb Landry Jones, Harry Melling & Neil Leiper. 133 mins. 18.