Godland (2022)
- Original title
- Vanskabte land
- Directed by
- Hlynur Pálmason
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Iceland, France, Denmark
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 200 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to Iceland to establish a church. He struggles with the brutal landscape and cannot speak the local language, which strains his relationship with his Icelandic guide.
bleakslow-burnmeditativeharshcontemplativeausterevisually starktense
What happens
Godland (Icelandic: Volaða land, Danish: Vanskabte Land, lit. 'Malformed Land') is a 2022 drama film written and directed by Hlynur Pálmason. Set in the late 19th century, the film stars Elliott Crosset Hove as Lucas, a Lutheran priest from Denmark who is sent to Iceland to oversee the establishment of a new parish church, only to have his faith tested and challenged by the harsh conditions of rural life, including his inability as a monolingual Danish-language speaker to communicate with his assigned Icelandic guide, Ragnar (Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson). The film premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May 2022, and was nominated for many and won several awards in 2022, including the Gold Hugo for Best Feature Film at the Chicago Film Festival. It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, and was one of the 15 finalist films in the December shortlist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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