Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
EVENING LAND
Aftenlandet
Synopsis
Peter Watkins ’s Evening Land opens in a Copenhagen shipyard with a strike due to the construction of four submarines, potential carriers of nuclear weapons for the French Navy. Meanwhile, a group of radical demonstrators kidnap the Danish EEC Minister in protest…
Synopsis
Peter Watkins ’s Evening Land opens in a Copenhagen shipyard with a strike due to the construction of four submarines, potential carriers of nuclear weapons for the French Navy. Meanwhile, a group of radical demonstrators kidnap the Danish EEC Minister in protest…
Our take
Perennial challenger of cinematic truth, Peter Watkins applies his trademark doc-fiction style to the political climate in Copenhagen circa 1976. Using non-actors and fictional scenarios, Watkins creates a scathing portrait of Danish society that enraged critics and politicians.