#LAND OF MINE NETFLIX MOVIE#
#LAND OF MINE NETFLIX TV#

Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.How Venezuela's Lorenzo Vigas Embraces Ambiguity in Drama 'From Afar' вЂњAs long as Netflix puts it in cinemas, then IвЂ™m happy.вЂќ вЂњHeвЂ™s lost in his own shame, and tries to find his way back,вЂќ said Zandvliet. Next up: English and Japanese-language Netflix film вЂњThe OutsiderвЂќ starring Jared Leto as an American veteran in вЂ™60s Japan with PTSD. вЂњIвЂ™m one of the first ones to make humans out of the monsters. вЂњIвЂ™m a little disappointed,вЂќ said Zandvliet.

#LAND OF MINE NETFLIX MOVIE#

The movie nabbed great reviews and strong box office around the world - except for Germany. вЂњWe put up barbed wire to keep tourists away.вЂќ вЂњWe did everything we could to make it look like a wild picture of nature,вЂќ said the director, who works with his wife, cinematographer Camilla Hjelm Knudsen, using handheld cameras. For five weeks, the production took over an old military base with a piece of unspoiled beach. The filmвЂ™s dramatic location is the gorgeous long stretch of DenmarkвЂ™s west coast. вЂњNow he pulls in money,вЂќ said Zandvliet, вЂњand they are very happy.вЂќ The director had to fight the distributor to be able to use self-taught actor and supporting playerВ MГёller in his first lead role. IвЂ™m not saying hugs will save the world, but you do need to stop and think about your reaction. ItвЂ™s human nature to want revenge after something terrible happens. ItвЂ™s our responsibility to make sure we donвЂ™t become the monsters we fight, to treat each other well. Bombing Syria - it doesnвЂ™t help anything. This happens in any country: Japan, China. ItвЂ™s more the dilemma of the terrible things that happen after a war. There was a big debate after this movie in the media and TV, where everybody called me not patriotic enough. вЂњEven though I say IвЂ™m not pointing fingers at the Danes,вЂќ admitted Zanvliet, вЂњI know I am. вЂњLand of Mine,вЂќ shot mostly in German, kicked up controversy. It seems our country doesnвЂ™t care itвЂ™s so small we could be wiped out in a heartbeat.вЂќ Whether itвЂ™s Bush, Obama, Trump or Hitler, we shake hands.

вЂњWe donвЂ™t care who is kicking on our door. вЂњDenmark is a hard tactical country,вЂќ said Zanvliet. Some villagers came to watch it like a picnic.вЂќДenmark and Germany have been at odds through most of their history, as Germany took over more and more Scandinavian territory. The death march walking over mines, that happened. The sergeant really represents all the sergeants on the west coast, where some were evil and some good. The fictionalized character is the sergeant who at first starves the young boys and treats them harshly, but eventually finds his humanity and comes to care for them. In the beginning many of the POWs didnвЂ™t get food, lived in terrible places.вЂќ вЂњWe know how many mines there were, and who died,вЂќ he said. Zandvliet fictionalized this true story, balancing dramatic tricks with facts and numbers.

See more Buying or Selling a Movie at Sundance is More Complicated Than Ever I walked around a cemetery looking for the German names, then suddenly I saw that the Germans were very young. вЂњEvery country has its own demons that no one wants to let out, even in Denmark. вЂњI was looking for the dark chapters of our country,вЂќ he said in a phone interview. The story began whenВ Zandvliet started digging into the ways that Denmark broke the Geneva Convention. For every 5,000 defused mines, one soldier was killed. вЂњLand of MineвЂќ follows a hard-nosed Sergeant (Roland MГёller), who after five years of brutal occupation by Germany, commands a troop of German POWs, some as young as 13, to use their bare hands to defuse land mines buried in beach sand. вЂњAnd you never know what to expect in terms of awards вЂ¦ Unfortunately this small, local story feels more global and more relevant than ever.вЂќДЄt the end of the war in 1945, more than 2,000 German POWs were forced to remove over 1.5 million land mines from the west coast of Denmark. вЂњItвЂ™s an amazing year for world cinema,вЂќ said Zandvliet, who also edits documentaries. The result was вЂњLand of Mine,вЂќ a well-reviewed but controversial box office hit in Scandinavia and EuropeВ that scored three European Film Awards on the way to a coveted Oscar nomination for best foreign-language film. Finding a new way in was the challenge for Danish writer-director Martin Zandvliet (вЂњApplauseвЂќ).

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