On the Sea
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Jack has been married to Maggie for over half his life. He works as a Hand Raker on the mussel beds in North Wales alongside his younger brother, Dyfan, and Dyfan’s three sons. Jack has always assumed that his own boy, Tom, will join the family business on leaving school but Tom’s resistance to follow in his footsteps creates familial tension. Tensions are further inflamed by the arrival of an itinerant deckhand, Daniel, who makes known his feelings for Jack. In this remote, rural community where life revolves around Church and fishery, Jack is faced with an impossible dilemma. On The Sea is a beautiful, sensual and at times, tragic exploration of masculinity, place and desire.
People are calling this a beautiful and moving film, with Barry Ward's performance as a Welsh mussel fisherman confronting a deep desire for the itinerant deckhand Daniel getting singled out. The story of Jack's impossible dilemma between family duty and personal truth resonates, even if some found the plot's pacing a bit slow. The remote coastal setting and its sensual atmosphere are universally praised.
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