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Good actor performance, but a gloomy film
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Winning in third world farmer means you gotton commit murder
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Andrea Gronvall
Chicago Reader
To the movie's credit, writer-director Michael Noer and his cowriter, Jesper Fink, provide enough plot twists to upend viewer expectations about the nature of evil in this study of human savagery.
Oct 10, 2018
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Jordan Mintzer
Hollywood Reporter
A bleak and fiercely acted tale of rural strife.
Sep 8, 2018
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Yasser Medina
Cinefilia
It evokes a certain realism developing its portrait of the condition of peasants in a rural area, with a solid performance from Jesper Christensen, but that doesn't prevent the narrative from weakening like the burnt hay. [Full review in Spanish]
Rated: 6/10
Nov 21, 2020
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Matt Cipolla
Film Monthly
It all points to something deeper and more consistent, but the result is never more than the sum of its parts.
Rated: 3/5
Jul 25, 2020
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Sarah Ward
Screen International
While this 1850s-set period effort trades in obvious truisms, it weaves its familiar elements into a grim and gripping drama...
Oct 31, 2018
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Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com
With its emphasis on nature and its mudbound farmers, this beautifully crafted film recalls other earthly European historical dramas set in an isolated countryside.
Rated: 3/5
Sep 24, 2018
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