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Days of Heaven

1978

Terrence Malick

Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz ...

7.3

8,831

Drama Bill and Abby, a young couple who to the outside world pretend to be brother and sister are living and working in Chicago at the beginning of the century. They want to escape the poverty and hard labour of the city and travel south. Together with the girl Linda (who acts as the narrator in the movie) they find employment on a farm in the Panhandle, Texas. When the harvest is over the young, rich and handsome farmer invites them to stay ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"One of the most beautiful films ever made (...) A movie made by a man who knew how something felt, and found a way to evoke it in us (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"Malick’s is a captivating modus, one so beautiful it almost transcends the simple purposes of film (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"The result is a film that hovers just beyond our grasp—mysterious, beautiful, and, very possibly, a masterpiece."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"A dramatically moving and technically breathtaking American art film, one of the great cinematic achievements of the 1970s"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The film, with its transcendentally beautiful visuals and mysterious and detached narration, is a rich and rewarding experience (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"It's Malick's particular genius to make viewers feel like they're seeing the world, with all its beauty and danger, for the first time"	POS
United States	The New York Times	"It is full of elegant and striking photography; and it is an intolerably artsy, artificial film"	NEU

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