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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like God's Own Country, it observes young masculinity under social pressure with tactile intimacy, emotional restraint, and a deeply compassionate attention to how affection is expressed—or withheld.
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Why this pick
A similarly naturalistic, unsentimental British queer romance, built from candid conversation, tentative vulnerability, and the small behavioural details that make connection feel lived-in.
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Why this pick
Its gentler register still shares God's Own Country's patient focus on a guarded young man discovering desire and independence through an unforced, observant romance.
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Why this pick
This intimate, character-led queer drama shares Francis Lee’s belief in emotional transformation through physical spaces, unvarnished bodies, and relationships that slowly lower defences.
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Why this pick
Rural isolation and adolescent friction give this romance a comparable rawness; it lets attraction emerge through conflict, family strain, and the characters’ inability to name what they feel.
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01 / THE STORY
In Yorkshire, Johnny lives on the family farm with his father, Martin, and grandmother, Deirdre. Due to his father's having suffered from a stroke, and his grandmother's age, much of the day-to-day running of the farm falls to Johnny. In his social time, Johnny engages in binge drinking and furtive sexual encounters with other men. Returning late to the farm after such an encounter with a young auctioneer, he is berated by his father because a calf has died from a breech birth in his absence.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Johnny Saxby
Gheorghe Ionescu
Deidre Saxby
Martin Saxby
Robyn
Gloria
Joy
