The Promised Land - Review | Venice 2023
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Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel
Written by: Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Arcel
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh
Runtime: 127 min
Synopsis: The story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: to make the heath bring him wealth and honor.
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Editor's Note: Original review was written for FandomWire. Full article can be found below.
REVIEW SUMMARY
The Promised Land is a profound character study of how personal ambitions and desires inevitably will fail without love, compassion, and everything else that makes us human. Accompanied by somber cinematography and an atmospheric score, the cast delivers outstanding performances, especially Mads Mikkelsen who utilizes all his experience to drive the story with a magnetic display. Heavy, predictable, and somewhat repetitive at times, but totally worth the ticket.
