With his unique brand of elusive, analog filmmaking, Cornish writer-director Mark Jenkin has cultivated a devoted band of followers, none more loyal than those who work with him.

“He’s an artist,” actor Callum Turner ( The Boys in the Boat ) exclaims with a defiant tone. “This film is like a painting meets a poem. Reading the script, I could feel every wave, every knock, and every sound; it was so resonant. I was just desperate to do it.”

The project Turner refers to here is, of course, Rose Of Nevada , the latest feature from Jenkin, which debuts this afternoon in the Orizzonti competition at Venice . Turner leads the beguiling pic with George MacKay ( 1917 ).

Once again set in Jenkin’s native Cornwall, the film focuses on a forgotten fishing village where The Rose of N

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