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Set and shot on location in Shropshire, a devastating Victorian tale in which the strike of repressed desires within a closely preserved social order costs dearly. Coveted by both the confident, free-spirited Squire Reddin (David Farrar) and the reserved and devoting Parson, Edward Marston (Cyril Cusack), Hazel (Jennifer Jones), a girl of nature who lives in the company of her rescued animals, marries the Parson through obligation, but finds it impossible to resist Reddin’s seduction - a psychological conflict echoing Vicky’s in The Red Shoes 1948. Infused with the allure of idyllic old England country life, Gone to Earth is the Archer’s first co-production with Hollywood, intended by David O Selznick as a vehicle for Jones, whose ravishing beauty lends a mythical, dreamlike quality to this adaptation of Mary Webb’s tragic novel that was awarded Best Score at the Venice Film Festival.

Gone to Earth will screen from an imported 35mm print.

Ages 15+