'The Promised Land': Mads Mikkelsen and the epic of a declassed man. The Danish actor once again demonstrates his enormous magnetism and talent.

His central character is a veteran army captain, son of a nobleman and a maid, who, with his knowledge as a surveyor, embarks on a solitary adventure. We are at the dawn of the 18th century and the secret of his mission is some sacks with which to reconvert the arid Nordic lands into pasture for a tuber.