The best thing about having a blog is telling people about a film that fell through the cracks, a critical darling that failed financially. Seeming to seal its fate with its original title of “Bastard” when it premiered at the Venice film festival last year, I’ll give this Danish devil its due. It’s a two-hour epic that completely got my attention and just became available to stream since its American debut in February: Denmark’s official entry into last year’s Oscars that naturally didn’t get nominated- “The Promised Land.”
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