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In the Name of the Land

2019 · 103 min

It is a slow, weighty meditation on the pressures of maintaining a life and a legacy against mounting strain.

Directed by
Édouard Bergeon
Genres
Drama
Starring
Guillaume Canet, Veerle Baetens, Anthony Bajon
Overview
Pierre is 25 when he returns from Wyoming to his fiancée and take over the family farm. Twenty years later, the farm expanded and so did the family. It's the time of happy days, at least at the beginning. The debts accumulate and Pierre is exhausted at work. Despite the love of his wife and children, he is slowly falling...

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Directed by
Édouard Bergeon
Genres
Drama
Starring
Guillaume Canet, Veerle Baetens, Anthony Bajon
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • work
  • addiction
  • loneliness
  • nature
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Édouard Bergeon
Written by
Emmanuel Courcol, Édouard Bergeon, Bruno Ulmer
Starring
Guillaume Canet, Veerle Baetens, Anthony Bajon, Rufus, Samir Guesmi, Yona Kervern, Solal Forte, Marie-Christine Orry
Music
Thomas Dappelo
Cinematography
Éric Dumont
Runtime
103 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French

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