Who has already set foot in Iceland knows how this wild island grows its legends. 10% of Icelandics would believe in supernatural beings, this hidden people of Huldufólk. Presented at the Strange Festival in Paris and Strasbourg for the European Fantastic Film Festival, Lamb is part of this mystical tradition. Lost in the middle of Icelandic land, a couple of breeders saw their daily life upset by the arrival of a mysterious newborn...
One lamb can hide another
This dramatic thriller by Valdimar Jóhannsson draws on the folklore of northern tales. The film succeeds in finding its identity thanks to an original approach and an effective trio of actors: Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson deliver a performance in tune. MaG comes back in video about the qualities and some shortcomings of this atypical feature film.
The pitch is intriguing anyway!
Definitely yes, the release of Blu-ray (at least) that I can find out.
[...] Proven by a diffuse melancholy, this family drama with a strong concept and unwavering interpretation is a moral tale of great beauty where the scenario, meticulous and stripped, dethrones man by ferociously reminding him of the debt he owes to nature. In short, contemplative and sensitive eco-horror where the tragic unfolds in silence! (Read our review of FEEFS here) [...]
[...] the psychoanalytic pan of Beau is Afrid (and of Aster cinema in general) and Lamb's nightmare, it offers in less than ten minutes of stop-motion a range of visions of horror enough [...]