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.