The spectre of the Second World War is hovering over Britain and to some extent the cloud is cast over the digging too. One moment Brown is almost buried under the mound, yet another there is hint of romance and finally, he finds reason to shout Eureka. Yet there is a momentum just like the wheels of the bicycle on which Brown pedals. And the ambience is incredibly befitting of the era to which the film belongs.Įxpectedly, the pace of things is not rushed. While telling us the story of Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) and Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan), who employs him to excavate burial mounds in her property in Suffolk, England, a softness suffuses the narrative. It is as much about relationships, the humanity of some, as the arrogance of a few, the generosity of an ailing woman as the meanness of others. Only The Dig, streaming on Netflix, is not merely limited to the talent of one such excavator, a self-taught archaeologist Basil Brown whose rightful pace in British history can’t be denied. Please note: this screening will not include ads or trailers and will start at the advertised time.Unsung/real heroes have been a theme of many a film. Finely scripted by Stuart Drennan, the film surveys lives stalled by grief and trauma - and dark secrets hidden where almost no one can find them.ĭue to unforeseen circumstances, there will no longer be a Q&A on Thu 9 May. With its handheld camerawork giving the proceedings a sense of urgency and the striking locations evoking lives tethered to the soil, The Dig draws us in with narrative momentum and a sense of place. Knowing the only way he’ll get him off his land, and perhaps satisfy his own alcohol-shot recollection of events, Callahan joins him in the grim task. Convinced that Callahan buried his daughter in the bog land, the father has spent every day of the previous 15 years digging it patch by patch. His plan to sell up and move on is thwarted by the presence of the victim’s father (Lorcan Cranitch) on his land. Callahan (Moe Dunford) returns to his abandoned family farm-home having served 15 years for murder.
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