Interview during the 82nd edition of Venice International Film Festival with Mark Jenkin, director of the film “Rose of Nevada”. The production, part of the section Orizzonti in Venice Film Festival 2025, plays with the idea of a boat that disappeared 30 years ago and suddenly returns to a fishing village.
In his interview with FRED Film Radio, our guest told us why he usually work as cinematographer, editor, writer or even sound designer in his own films: out of love for every discipline. Besides, Mark Jenkin explained how he came up with the first image of the film during the pandemic, and how a series of conversations with his wife shaped the project.
“Rose of Nevada” takes us to a fishing village with a trauma in its past: a boat, ‘The Rose of Nevada”, disappeared 30 years ago with the whole crew onboard. Now the boat suddenly reappears, and George Mackay and Callum Turner, the lead protagonists of the film, began to work in the ship. Little they know it will be a travel they won’t forget.
Plot
In a forgotten fishing village, a boat mysteriously appears in the old harbour. The Rose of Nevada, lost at sea with all hands 30 years ago, has returned. For the few who remember, it’s a sign: The Rose of Nevada must go out to sea again — maybe then the luck of the devastated village will turn. Nick takes a job aboard the boat in an attempt to provide for his young family. Alongside him, newly arrived Liam joins the crew, desperate to escape his past. They head to sea and, after a successful trip, return to harbour. But something is amiss. They’ve slipped back in time, and the villagers greet them as if they are the original crew.