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This Is Our Land

2017 · 117 min

It is a weighty, morally fraught drama that pulls you into the difficult choices facing an ordinary person.

Directed by
Lucas Belvaux
Genres
Drama
Overview
Pauline, a devoted and generous home help nurse, raises her two children alone, while also looking after her father, a former steelworker. Taking advantage of her popularity, the directors of an extremist political party suggest she become their candidate at the mayoral elections.

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Directed by
Lucas Belvaux
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • class
  • immigration
  • morality
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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