The Promised Land (HKIFF48)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
30 Mar 2024 (Sat)
Category
--- (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
127 Minutes
Language
Danish
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
Nikolaj Arcel
Cast
Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Kristine Kujath Thorp
Synopsis
In 18th century Denmark, army captain Ludvig asks for permission to build a colony on the notoriously barren Danish heath in exchange for a royal title. But even when Ludvig realises that his plans put him in the path of the region’s cutthroat landlord, he recklessly carries on with this deadly game of one-upmanship. Reuniting with director Nikolaj Arcel after their Oscar-nominated A Royal Affair, Mads Mikkelsen gives another tour de force performance in this enthralling David-versus-Goliath showdown between two men whose unbending ambitions eventually lead to their mutual destruction.
In 18th century Denmark, army captain Ludvig asks for permission to build a colony on the notoriously barren Danish heath in exchange for a royal title. But even when Ludvig realises that his plans put him in the path of the region’s cutthroat landlord, he recklessly carries on with this deadly game of one-upmanship. Reuniting with director Nikolaj Arcel after their Oscar-nominated A Royal Affair, Mads Mikkelsen gives another tour de force performance in this enthralling David-versus-Goliath showdown between two men whose unbending ambitions eventually lead to their mutual destruction.
