A World War II Biopic That Raises Pressing Modern Questions
Terrence Malick’s <em>A Hidden Life</em> tells the story of an Austrian farmer’s defiance in the face of a regime that contradicted his deepest beliefs.
“What happened to our country? To the land we love?” It’s a question one can imagine being asked in many places, at many moments in history, and one that will surely have resonance for viewers in the present day. In Terrence Malick’s , it’s being asked by the Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter (played by August Diehl), and what has happened to his country is the rise of fascism and annexation by Nazi Germany. Since this is a Malick movie, that
