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The Harvest (2013 film)

The Harvest
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Directed by John McNaughton
Written by Stephen Lancellotti
Starring Samantha Morton
Michael Shannon
Natasha Calis
Music by George S. Clinton
Cinematography Rachel Morrison
Edited by Bill Pankow
Production
companies
Das Films
Elephant Eye Films
Living Out Loud Films
Release date
  • October 19, 2013 (2013-10-19) (Chicago International Film Festival)
  • April 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Running time
104 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Harvest (released as Can't Come Out to Play in the UK) is a 2013 American horror thriller film released by IFC Films that was directed by John McNaughton. It is the first feature film he has directed in over a decade (his last feature film being the 2001 movie Speaking of Sex) and his first horror venture since Haeckel's Tale, a 2006 episode of the horror series Masters of Horror. The movie had its world premiere on October 19, 2013, at the Chicago International Film Festival and follows a young girl (Natasha Calis) who befriends a seemingly lonely and confined boy her own age, only to fall afoul of his mother.

Reeling from the loss of her mother and father, teenage Maryann (Natasha Calis) moves in with her grandparents, and is grateful when she manages to befriend Andy (Charlie Tahan), a wheelchair-bound boy. As Andy is very sick he must stay within his home per the instructions of his mother, Katherine (Samantha Morton), who also forbids him from having any visitors. When their visits are discovered, Andy's father, Richard (Michael Shannon), is initially fine with the visits, but Katherine is having none of it and her behavior grows increasingly erratic.

After Katherine meets up with Maryann's grandparents, and reveals to them that Andy is dying, they prohibit her from visiting Andy again. However, Maryann's visits continue in Katherine's absence; she even takes Andy outside to play baseball. Their time together is cut short when Katherine calls her son to inform him she's on her way home. They manage to get back inside the house and Maryann hides in the basement, where she discovers a comatose boy. After Katherine discovers that Maryann visited her son, she verbally and physically assaults him. Richard comforts Andy, while Katherine takes care of Jason, the comatose boy. When Richard goes to get medical supplies, it is revealed he is having an affair. Katherine's behavior grows even more volatile, while Maryann discovers that Jason was abducted from the hospital as a baby. She sneaks back to Andy's house and discovers that a liver transplant will take place. Katherine and Richard operate on Andy, removing part of his liver. Richard later tells Andy that he had to have emergency surgery to remove his appendix.


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