The Promised Land
- heavy
- measured
- intense
Heavy, measured, measured drama / political, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →During the socialist government of Marmaduke Grove in 1932, a group of villagers decide to take some land in the area of Palmilla. Almost like a mythical journey, problems arise when seated and in a position to bring the socialist ideal in the population. Everything becomes more complicated with rumors that the reactionary forces have overthrown the socialist government. A movie that because of the coup was not released in Chile and was only terminated by Littin in exile in Mexico.
Our read · The Promised Land (1973) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · political · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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