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RAMS

HRÚTAR

By Grimur HAKONARSON

Drama - Completed 2015

In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven't spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what’s dearest to them – their sheep.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2015

Un Certain Regard

Toronto - TIFF 2015

Contemporary World Cinema

Sundance Film Festival 2016

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- Year of production
- 2015
- Genres
- Drama, Black comedy
- Countries
- ICELAND, DENMARK
- Languages
- ICELANDIC
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 93 mn
- Director(s)
- Grimur HAKONARSON
- Writer(s)
- Grimur HAKONARSON
- Cast
- Sigurdur SIGURJONSSON, Theodór JÚLÍUSSON, Charlotte BÖVING
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-7A25-0000-N-0000-0000-5
- EIDR
- 10.5240/651A-EA30-1938-5528-1326-J
- Producer(s)
- Grímar JÓNSSON (Netop Films)
- Synopsis
- In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades.
  When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi's sheep, the entire valley comes under threat. The authorities decide to exterminate all the animals in the area to contain the outbreak. This is a near death sentence for the farmers, whose sheep are their main source of income, and many abandon their land. But Gummi and Kiddi don’t give up so easily – and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits. As the authorities close in the brothers will need to come together to save the special breed passed down for generations, and themselves, from extinction.

RAMS

HRÚTAR

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