In a small, run-down village in Cornwall lives Nick (George MacKay), a young father. One day, the fishing boat Rose of Nevada drifts into the harbour, 30 years after disappearing in a storm. The boat needs a new crew, and Nick needs money. He leaves behind his wife and daughter and sets out to sea alongside Liam (Callum Turner), a local drifter, and a gruff old sea captain.
The fishing brings new life to the village, but Nick and Liam seem haunted by the boat and its former crew. Nick is reluctantly drawn into the history of the boat and the village, increasingly losing his grip on his former life.
Rose of Nevada is an elusive ghost story about our relationship with the past. Shot on an old hand-cranked Bolex camera and hand-edited by the director, Mark Jenkin’s distinctive style, developed in his earlier films Bait and Enys Men, creates an analogue texture unlike anything else.
-Em
