1987 · drama · danish
Pelle the Conqueror
Directed by Bille August2h 37m1987
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.
Our read: Pelle the Conqueror (1987) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · danish entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / danish, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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