Rams (2015)

Original title

Hrútar

Directed by

Grímur Hákonarson

Genre

drama film

Country

Iceland, Poland, Denmark, Norway

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 303 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers who have not spoken in decades share a remote valley in Iceland, each raising sheep. When a disease threatens their entire flock, they are forced to work together despite their long-held grudges.

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What happens

Rams (Icelandic: Hrútar) is a 2015 Icelandic drama film written and directed by Grímur Hákonarson. It follows two sheep farmers and estranged brothers, Kiddi (Theódór Júlíusson) and Gummi (Sigurður Sigurjónsson), in rural Iceland, who must deal with a scrapie outbreak in their flock. The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2015, where it won the Prix Un Certain Regard. It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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