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‘Enys Men’ Poster: Mark Jenkin’s New Genre-Bending Folk Horror Film Could Be This Year’s ‘Wickerman’ [Cannes Exclusive]

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As the land we now know as Britain was being invaded, the Celts were pushed to the fringe, to places such as Cornwall or Wales.

This is evident when you hear the idiosyncratic and distinct Welsh or Cornish languages being spoken. Why are we giving you this mini-history lesson?

Because looking at the title of Mark Jenkin‘s new film, you wouldn’t assume that “Enys Men” was “mane”– Cornish for “stone island.” “Enys Men,” just freshly announced as acquired by NEON for North America, and premiering in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival, is set in 1973 on an abandoned island off the Cornish coast, where a wildlife volunteer’s daily observations (of a rare flower) turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her to question what is real and what is a nightmare.

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