Bait

Bait is a 2019 British drama film written and directed by Mark Jenkin. Starring Edward Rowe as a struggling fisherman, the film deals with the tensions that arise between locals and tourists in a Cornish fishing village against a backdrop of second homes, short-term lets, and gentrification. Plot Martin Ward is a fisherman in a picturesque Cornish village. He struggles to make ends meet fishing without a boat, while his brother Steven uses their late father's vessel to offer cruise trips to visiting tourists. Meanwhile, tensions arise between Martin and the out-of-town Leigh family, who use the harbour-front 'Skipper's Cottage' they bought from Martin and Steven as a seasonal holiday home and short-term rental business. Cast Edward Rowe as Martin Ward Mary Woodvine as Sandra Leigh Simon Shepherd as Tim Leigh Georgia Ellery as Katie Leigh Giles King as Steven Ward Chloe Endean as Wenna Kowalski Isaac Woodvine as Neil Ward