Film
Lamb (15)
Dir. Valdimar Johannsson, 2021, Iceland/Sweden, 106 mins, subtitled. Cast. Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snaer Guonason, Bjorn Hlynur Haraldson.
Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Cannes-winning feature delivers a genre-defying mix of folklore, horror and classic Icelandic storytelling all wrapped up in one of this year’s most-talked about films.
Positioned within the tradition of Icelandic myth, Jóhannsson director debut is set on a remote Icelandic sheep farm. María and Ingvar get along well enough, but the couple are haunted by an unspoken, ever-present sadness. The birth of a mysterious, but seemingly miraculous ‘gift’ from one of their ewes sees the couple greedily snatch at the prospect of joy and family life. Relatable in terms of what it says about human relationships and our attitude towards nature and grief, this tale is unsettling, eerie and engrossing but most of all it is unpredictable.
Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Cannes-winning feature delivers a genre-defying mix of folklore, horror and classic Icelandic storytelling all wrapped up in one of this year’s most-talked about films.
Positioned within the tradition of Icelandic myth, Jóhannsson director debut is set on a remote Icelandic sheep farm. María and Ingvar get along well enough, but the couple are haunted by an unspoken, ever-present sadness. The birth of a mysterious, but seemingly miraculous ‘gift’ from one of their ewes sees the couple greedily snatch at the prospect of joy and family life. Relatable in terms of what it says about human relationships and our attitude towards nature and grief, this tale is unsettling, eerie and engrossing but most of all it is unpredictable.
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