The Icelandic film Rams won the Un Certain Regard at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. Rams is the first Icelandic film to be selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard since 1993.
Read more: Icelandic drama ‘Rams’ gains attention for its many nude scenes
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.
The Icelandic film Rams won the Un Certain Regard at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. Rams is the first Icelandic film to be selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard since 1993.
Read more: Icelandic drama ‘Rams’ gains attention for its many nude scenes
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.