Gutland
A surreal village noir
Early one summer morning a young man, with a secret stashed away in a duffel bag, emerges from the forest. In a nearby village he asks around for work, but the farmers, suspicious to the point of hostility, are not very forthcoming. Only when Lucy, the mayor’s unruly daughter, takes a liking to him, does the village change its attitude: he is promptly offered a job as a farmhand and a caravan to live in. As time passes and he is gradually integrated into the community, it emerges that he’s not the only one with a past to hide. Something sinister is lurking under the immaculate surface of this picturesque little world - and it is slowly drawing him in.
- Year: 2018
- Country: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg
- Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Studio: Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB, Bauer & Blum, Les Films Fauves, Novak Prod, ARD
- Keyword: farm, village, farm worker, trumpet, mysterious stranger
- Director: Govinda Van Maele
- Cast: Frederick Lau, Vicky Krieps, Gerdy Zint, Pit Bukowski, Marco Lorenzini, Leo Folschette