Dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson
2021 | 106 mins | Iceland, Sweden, Poland
Icelandic with English subtitles
Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson

SHOWING TIMES:

• Fri 17 Dec: 8pm
• Sat 18 Dec: 7.30pm
• Sun 19 Dec: 6.05pm
• Mon 20 Dec: 7.50pm
• Tue 21 Dec: 2pm
• Tue 21 Dec: 6pm
• Wed 22 Dec: 8.20pm
• Thu 23 Dec: 6pm

Icelandic film lovers assemble. Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Cannes-winning feature delivers a bundle of myth, fantasy 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.

VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, STUDIO 74

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