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12.02 / 01:11
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The Pact Review: Karen Blixen Story Gets Compelling & Worthwhile Slow Burn
The Pactis a well-crafted character study of an icon and her influence. The performances are pitch-perfect and the moderate Danish setting is lush with beautiful natural environments, yet eerily empty and void of personality. Director Billie August (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles) takes his time building up a story even those familiar with Karen Blixen and her autobiography, Out Of Africa, will be stunned by. But instead of rehashing the Meryl Streep and Robert Redford-led film that follows Blixen in Africa, screenwriter Christian Torpe chooses the memoir written by one of her friends and mentee Thorkild Bjørnvig as a way into a more compelling and, at times, more sinister film experience.