UK, USA
Sam Peckinpah
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy’s old flame, Charlie. Eventually, the taunts escalate.
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David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (1925–1984) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter who achieved prominence following the release of the Western epic THE WILD BUNCH (1969), which received two Academy Award nominations and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Institute's top 100 list. He was known for the innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence, as well as his revisionist approach to the Western genre. Peckinpah's films generally deal with the conflict between values and ideals, and the corruption of violence in human society. He was given the nickname "Bloody Sam" owing to the violence in his films. His characters are often loners or losers who desire to be honorable, but are forced to compromise in order to survive in a world of nihilism and brutality.
