North Water, The

North Water, The

Directed by Andrew Haigh (the filmmaker behind Weekend, 45 Years and the beloved gay HBO series Looking) and based on the bestselling novel by Ian McGuire, the 5-episode BCC miniseries The North Water tells the story of Patrick Sumner (Jack O'Connell), a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as a ship's doctor on a dangerous whaling expedition to the Arctic. On board, he meets Henry Drax (Colin Farrell), a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of this cold and isolated all-male world. As Sumner seeks to escape the horrors of his past, his decisions bring him into direct conflict with this murderous psychopath. His search for redemption soon becomes a harsh struggle for survival in an unforgiving Arctic wasteland.