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Drama

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.

Release Date : 2019-03-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Early Day Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Edward Rowe

Character Name : Martin Ward

Original Name : Edward Rowe

Gender : Male

Mary Woodvine

Character Name : Sandra Leigh

Original Name : Mary Woodvine

Gender : Female

Giles King

Character Name : Steven Ward

Original Name : Giles King

Gender : Male

Simon Shepherd

Character Name : Tim Leigh

Original Name : Simon Shepherd

Gender : Male

Chloe Endean

Character Name : Wenna Kowalski

Original Name : Chloe Endean

Gender : Female

Janet Thirlaway

Character Name : Mrs. Peters

Original Name : Janet Thirlaway

Gender : Male

Isaac Woodvine

Character Name : Neil Ward

Original Name : Isaac Woodvine

Gender : Male

Martin Ellis

Character Name : Billy Ward

Original Name : Martin Ellis

Gender : Male

Jowan Jacobs

Character Name : Hugo Leigh

Original Name : Jowan Jacobs

Gender : Male

Georgia Ellery

Character Name : Katie Leigh

Original Name : Georgia Ellery

Gender : Female

Stacey Guthrie

Character Name : Liz Stewart

Original Name : Stacey Guthrie

Gender : Male

Morgan Val Baker

Character Name : Husband

Original Name : Morgan Val Baker

Gender : Male

Tristan Sturrock

Character Name : Brian Rikard

Original Name : Tristan Sturrock

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-08

"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.