EXCLUSIVE: Cannes' Un Certain Regard Icelandic entry Rams unveils new stills and poster
by Cineuropa
- Grímur Hákonarson’s film set on a remote Icelandic farming valley will have its world premiere on the Croisette
In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven’t spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what’s dearest to them – their sheep. Grímur Hákonarson’s Rams [+see also:
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Grímur Hákonarson’s second film has been selected in the Un Certain Regard section at the 68th Cannes Film Festival, which marks the first Icelandic entry in the sidebar since Dagur Kári’s Dark Horse [+see also:
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Rams marks Hákonarson’s second fiction film after Summerland (2010) and his documentaries Pure Heart (2012) and Hvellur (2013). His short film Wrestling (2007), premiered in Locarno, is one of the most successful short films from Iceland, having won 25 festival prizes around the world.
Check out the poster and some stills from the film below.
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