A Trip to God’s Own Country

An autobiographical—and sensual—coming-of-age drama.by Eric D. SniderGod’s Own Country begins with a young, smooth-chested, naive-looking Yorkshire man vomiting all night, then rising early to give a pregnant cow a gynecological fisting. Do not be alarmed. These actions make perfect sense: The fellow, Johnny Saxby (Josh O’Connor), is given to over-drinking, and he lives on a farm with his stroke-hobbled father (Ian Hart) and aged grandmother (Gemma Jones). Johnny’s