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LAMB

Raising the baa

“Ah, look at the little lamb. Oh, er… sorry.”

► RELEASED 10 DECEMBER 

15 | 107 minutes

► Director Valdimar Jóhannsson

► Cast Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson

Debutant director Valdimar Jóhannsson set himself a difficult task with this haunting, Icelandiclanguage modern fairytale – one which ultimately proves to be as dark as anything collected by the Brothers Grimm – because its high concept could well inspire derisive laughter. He pulls it off thanks to a slow-burn, low-key approach which eschews histrionics in favour of subtlety, repression and mist-shrouded atmosphere.

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