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Icelandic | Dýrið |
Directed by | Valdimar Jóhannsson |
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Cinematography | Eli Arenson |
Edited by | Agnieszka Glinska |
Music by | Þórarinn Guðnason |
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Running time | 107 minutes[4] |
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Language | Icelandic |
Box office | $3.2 million[5] |
Lamb (Icelandic: Dýrið, lit. 'The animal') is a 2021 folk horror film[6] directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Sjón. The film's plot is about the birth of a human/sheep hybrid of mysterious origin and the couple who adopts the child as their own. An international co-production between Iceland, Sweden, and Poland,[7] the film stars Noomi Rapace and marks Valdimar's feature-length directorial debut. Rapace and Béla Tarr were executive producers. After premiering at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, the film was released in Iceland on 24 September 2021. It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[8] Ultimately, it was not nominated.