2011 · drama · romance · war
In the Land of Blood and Honey
Directed by Angelina Jolie2h 7m2011
During the Bosnian War, Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, re-encounters Ajla, a Bosnian who's now a captive in his camp he oversees. Their once promising connection has become ambiguous as their motives have changed.
Our read: In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · romance · war entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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