Young Ones

About the movie

Young Ones is set in a near future when water has become the most precious and dwindling resource on the planet. The land has withered into something wretched. The dust has settled on a lonely, barren planet. The hardened survivors of the loss of Earth's precious resources scrape and struggle. Ernest Holm (SHANNON) lives on this harsh frontier with his children, Jerome (SMIT-MCPHEE) and Mary (FANNING). He defends his farm from bandits, works the supply routes, and hopes to rejuvenate the soil. But Mary's boyfriend, Flem Lever (HOULT), has grander designs. He wants Ernest's land for himself, and will go to any length to get it.
From screen writer director Jake Paltrow (The Good Night) comes a futuristic western, told in three chapters, which inventively layers Greek tragedy over an ethereal narrative that's steeped deeply in the values of the American West."Expertly performed and extremely stilish" – Total Film
“Amongst the many films in the Sundance, it’s one I’m still thinking about, chewing on and lingering in my head" – Indiewire

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