• Director(s)

    Nikolaj Arcel

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    122m

  • Cast

    Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Gustav Lindh

Film

The Promised Land

strong violence, threat, injury detail, sex, very strong language

A retired soldier turns to farming inhospitable heathland in this brooding historical Danish drama, which features moments of abrupt brutality as characters face both the harsh landscape and human cruelty.…

A retired soldier turns to farming inhospitable heathland in this brooding historical Danish drama, which features moments of abrupt brutality as characters face both the harsh landscape and human cruelty.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

sexual violence and sexual threat

injury detail

nudity

  • Director(s)

    Nikolaj Arcel

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    122m

  • Cast

    Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Gustav Lindh

strong violence, threat, injury detail, sex, very strong language
Classified Date:
05/01/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Icon Film Distribution
violence
There are bloody stabbings and slashings, including a man having his hand severed at the wrist. It is implied that a character cuts off a man's genitals, resulting in spurts of blood. There are also shootings which result in blood spurts, and a man is tied down and flogged. A man drags a woman across a room and throws her through a window.
threat and horror
A man who has been beaten and whipped off-screen is thrown into a pit where boiling water is repeatedly poured over him; we do not see the water scalding him, but hear his screams.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms which include 'bitch', 'cock', 'shit', 'piss', 'asshole', 'ass', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'son of a bitch', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
There are brief scenes of sex, with no nudity. Characters occasionally make crude verbal references to sexual activity and there is mention of sex workers.
discrimination
A young girl is repeatedly referred to as a 'darkling' and accused of being in league with the devil because of her skin colour; these attitudes are not condoned by the film.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are verbal references to a wealthy landowner raping his female servants.
injury detail
There is sight of bloody injury in the aftermath of violence as well as characters splashed with blood over their faces and clothing. We see a dead man's badly scalded and whipped body in close up. Scenes of animal slaughter and butchery result in sight of blood spurts and bloody carcasses.
nudity
There is brief sight of female breast and male buttock nudity.
rude humour
A man makes repeated comic references to his haemorrhoid problems.
strong violence, threat, injury detail, sex, very strong language
Classified Date:
01/02/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Icon Film Distribution
violence
There are bloody stabbings and slashings, including a man having his hand severed at the wrist. It is implied that a character cuts off a man's genitals, resulting in spurts of blood. There are also shootings which result in blood spurts, and a man is tied down and flogged. A man drags a woman across a room and throws her through a window.
threat and horror
A man who has been beaten and whipped off-screen is thrown into a pit where boiling water is repeatedly poured over him; we do not see the water scalding him, but hear his screams.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms which include 'bitch', 'cock', 'shit', 'piss', 'asshole', 'ass', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'son of a bitch', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
There are brief scenes of sex, with no nudity. Characters occasionally make crude verbal references to sexual activity and there is mention of sex workers.
discrimination
A young girl is repeatedly referred to as a 'darkling' and accused of being in league with the devil because of her skin colour; these attitudes are not condoned by the film.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are verbal references to a wealthy landowner raping his female servants.
injury detail
There is sight of bloody injury in the aftermath of violence as well as characters splashed with blood over their faces and clothing. We see a dead man's badly scalded and whipped body in close up. Scenes of animal slaughter and butchery result in sight of blood spurts and bloody carcasses.
nudity
There is brief sight of female breast and male buttock nudity.
rude humour
A man makes repeated comic references to his haemorrhoid problems.
Classified Date:
15/12/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Icon Film Distribution

  • Classified date

    01/02/2024

  • Language

    Danish