PREVIEW: Lamb (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Noomi Rapace (Prometheus), Hilmir Snær Guðnason (A White, White Day), Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga), Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (Everest)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Valdimar Jóhannsson (film debut), director, writer; Sjón (Regína), writer; Piodor Gustafsson (Border), Hrönn Kristinsdóttir (Ikíngut), Sara Nassim (film debut), Jan Naszewski (film debut), Erik Rydell (film debut) and Klaudia Smieja (High Life), producers; Þórarinn Guðnason (film debut), composer; Eli Arenson (Hospitality), cinematographer; Agnieszka Glinska (Killing Love), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Maria (Rapace) and Ingvar (Guðnason) are a childless couple living on a remote sheep farm in Iceland. One day, they discover a strange human/sheep hybrid newborn among the new flock of lambs, but when they decide to raise it as their own child, the couple soon learns the harsh lesson about interfering with nature…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

“Bizarre” doesn’t even begin to describe this darkly imaginative Icelandic feature, with grim fairy tale qualities not seen since Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH DECEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND COMING SOON TO MUBI – GET YOUR FREE 7-DAY TRIAL TODAY WITH AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

[the_ad id=”14984″]

Did you like this preview? Want to be updated on all the new releases every week?

Sign up to our e-mail service today, and get our latest reviews and previews sent straight to your inbox!

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

Savage House (dir. Peter Glanz)

In 18th century England, an affluent couple seek to improve their social standing…

Scary Movie (dir. Michael Tiddes)

Cindy Campbell, Shorty Meeks and the gang face new “hilarious” evils…

Masters of the Universe (dir. Travis Knight)

Adam, the exiled Prince of Eternia, returns to reclaim his kingdom…

My Mother’s Wedding (dir. Kristin Scott Thomas)

Three sisters reunite for the third wedding of their mother…

Backrooms (dir. Kane Parsons)

A mysterious realm is discovered behind the walls of a furniture showroom…

Moss & Freud (dir. James Lucas)

In 2002, supermodel Kate Moss has her portrait done by artist Lucian Freud…

Tuner (dir. Daniel Roher)

A piano tuner finds a dangerous side-hustle as a criminal safecracker…

Power Ballad (dir. John Carney)

A wedding singer discovers that a troubled pop star has stolen one of his songs…

Passenger (dir. André Øvredal)

A young couple are stalked by a mysterious presence during a road trip…

The Mandalorian and Grogu (dir. Jon Favreau)

Din Djarin and his apprentice Grogu are recruited for a new mission…

Optimized by Optimole