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The Promised Land (Bastarden)
Directed by Nikolaj Arcel
Denmark, Germany, Sweden
2023
127 mins
Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to tame an uninhabitable land and build a colony in the name of the King. Braving the elements, Kahlen is joined by a couple who has escaped the area’s merciless ruler, igniting a conflict that threatens his life and the family of outsiders that has formed around him.