Abundant Acreage Available

Abundant Acreage Available

58th TIFF: European Premiere

On a farm amidst the tobacco fields of North Carolina lie buried the ashes of the father of Tracy and Jesse, in the land that he loved as nothing in the world. One week after his death, the two siblings find three older men camping in their field, who claim that they lived there 50 years ago and want to reclaim their land. The screenwriter of Junebug (a benchmark in American independent cinema) directs a film about family, ownership, grief, and letting go, eliciting a strong performance by Amy Ryan – each wrinkle on her face is an inscription of the trajectory from optimism to despair.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Angus MacLachlan
Script: Angus MacLachlan
Cinematography: Andrew Reed
Editing: Michael R. Miller
Sound: Wade Wilson
Music: Jeffrey Dean Foster
Actors: Amy Ryan, Terry Kinney, Max Gail, Francis Guinan, Steve Coulter
Producers: Angus MacLachlan, Kate Churchill
Art Direction: Lisa Myers
Costumes: Tere Duncan
Executive producer: Martin Scorsese
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: USA
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 80΄
Contact: The Gersh Agency

Angus MacLachlan

Angus MacLachlan has written numerous plays, an 18-minute short film – Tater Tomater directed by Phil Morrison – and the award-winning feature Junebug which was selected for the Dramatic Competition for the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and won a Special Jury Citation for Amy Adams, as well as her first Academy Award nomination. The film was listed on over 50 Top Ten lists. Martin Scorsese is Executive Producer in his last film.

Filmography

2014 Goodbye to All That
2017 Abundant Acreage Available