Sweet Land (2005)
I love it when I know nothing about a film going in and it winds up being so good (as this one does) that I feel so lucky to have seen it -- it's kind of like when I'm thisclose to missing a shooting star but turn my head on chance just in time.
This is a mail-order bride story set around 1920. Inge has arrived in Minnesota to marry a quiet farmer. They run into some time-consuming opposition with the town and, in particular, the preacher, when it's discovered that she only speaks German and comes from a socialist background. The subject matter is weighty, but doesn't weigh everything down.
I don't think the bookending really worked. I'd have preferred that the story took place naturally rather than in flashback -- one of the same complaints I had about The Bridges of Madison County. I don't need a modern-day perspective to appreciate the real story; it stands on its own.
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This is a mail-order bride story set around 1920. Inge has arrived in Minnesota to marry a quiet farmer. They run into some time-consuming opposition with the town and, in particular, the preacher, when it's discovered that she only speaks German and comes from a socialist background. The subject matter is weighty, but doesn't weigh everything down.
I don't think the bookending really worked. I'd have preferred that the story took place naturally rather than in flashback -- one of the same complaints I had about The Bridges of Madison County. I don't need a modern-day perspective to appreciate the real story; it stands on its own.
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posted by MeMe | 7:00 PM
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