The Promised Land (1957)

Original title

Les brûlés

Directed by

Bernard Devlin

Genre

drama

Country

Canada

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This historical drama follows a group of settlers trying to establish a new community in a harsh wilderness. It shows their struggles with the land and each other as they build a future in an unforgiving environment.

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What happens

The Promised Land (French: Les Brûlés) is a Canadian historical drama television miniseries by the National Film Board of Canada. It was first broadcast in 1957 on Radio-Canada, then dubbed into English and adapted for broadcast by CBC Television as a four-part series in 1962. The NFB now classifies it as a feature film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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