I've been meaning to write for some time now that I did eventually watch my Dark River DVD, with considerable help from its subtitles. Although the starring actors gave very strong performances, I would certainly have liked to see more from Sean. The film is artistically done and presents an intriguing psychological study of how the past can infuse the present, but it is not easy to sit through since both the past and the present are so thoroughly depressing. The strikingly beautiful shots of the countryside almost made up for that, but I may need to watch All Creatures Great and Small soon just to balance out the bleakness with a cheery "ponies and puppies" view of life in rural Yorkshire.