Film: Bait

This group is for relaxed discussion of recent foreign films - of all types, from any country. We keep the number of meeting participants small so everyone has an equal opportunity to speak, and no one may dominate the conversation. In addition, our aim is not to be technical film critics. The goal is to search out films that give us an alternative cultural, social, political viewpoint - a viewpoint that comes from the rest of the world outside the US. And our main interest is in character development, relationships, and story.
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“Bait is a 2019 British drama film written, directed, shot, edited, and scored by Mark Jenkin. It stars Edward Rowe as a struggling fisherman in a Cornish fishing village, and deals with rising tensions between the locals and tourists. Set against a backdrop of second homes, short-term lets, and gentrification, it has been interpreted as a critique of precarity.”

“As visually distinctive as it is narratively satisfying, Bait blends a classic aesthetic with timely themes to produce a thrillingly original and uniquely original drama.”

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bait_2019

The film can be streamed from Kanopy (the free public library online film streaming service), Apple TV, Fandango, Prime Video, and possibly elsewhere.