Rams, the first Icelandic film to be selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard since 1993, has gained much international attention not only for the film’s central story, but also for its many nude scenes.
Director Grímur Hákonarson told Variety that the two leading actors, Sigurður Sigurjónsson and Theodór Júlíusson, wanted to do more nudity, but that he held them back.
The drama tells of two brothers that live in a remote valley in North Iceland. The brothers, played by Sigurður and Theodór, haven’t spoken to each other in forty years but are forced to join forces in order to save their beloved sheep and their prize-winning rams.
The film was largely built on Grímur’s own experience of the Icelandic countryside and acquaintance with rural people.
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“Both of my parents were raised in the countryside, and I was sent there to live and work most summers until I reached the age of 17. Most farmers I know have a stronger connection to sheep than to other domestic animals,” he said.
Rams, the first Icelandic film to be selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard since 1993, has gained much international attention not only for the film’s central story, but also for its many nude scenes.
Director Grímur Hákonarson told Variety that the two leading actors, Sigurður Sigurjónsson and Theodór Júlíusson, wanted to do more nudity, but that he held them back.
The drama tells of two brothers that live in a remote valley in North Iceland. The brothers, played by Sigurður and Theodór, haven’t spoken to each other in forty years but are forced to join forces in order to save their beloved sheep and their prize-winning rams.
The film was largely built on Grímur’s own experience of the Icelandic countryside and acquaintance with rural people.
Read more: Head-butting sheep predicted heavy winds: How to foretell the weather
“Both of my parents were raised in the countryside, and I was sent there to live and work most summers until I reached the age of 17. Most farmers I know have a stronger connection to sheep than to other domestic animals,” he said.
