1996 · drama
Foreign Land
Directed by Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas1h 50m1996
During a time of political upheaval in Brazil, two strangers meet by coincidence in a foreign land and end up caught in the middle of a gem smuggling ring.
Our read: Foreign Land (1996) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- bleak
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